If a shutdown continues, it could interrupt the Environmental Protection Agency’s work and pull workers from maintaining national parks.
The past decade in particular has seen an uptick in devastating blazes linked to climate change, according to the study.
The cuts almost entirely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.
At a Climate Forward live event, Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Australia, talked about his country’s battles against the effects of climate change.
At a Climate Forward live event, Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, said his party needed to change the way it talked about climate issues.
At a Climate Forward event, David Wallace-Wells explores why global momentum on climate action is faltering, even as clean energy technology rapidly advances.
At a Climate Forward live event, Scott Strazik, the chief executive of GE Vernova, talked about how his company is navigating President Trump’s energy policies.
At a Climate Forward live event, the billionaire Andrew Forrest urged President Trump to visit Australia to see the effects of climate change.
At a Climate Forward live event, Bob Mumgaard, the chief executive of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, said his company might be near a breakthrough.
At a Climate Forward live event, Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, discussed her nation’s uncertain future as seas rise.
A Times correspondent who interviewed Dr. Goodall recalled their conversations about the state of the planet.
The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.
Hemos preguntado a médicos, químicos y expertos de la industria de la belleza qué es bueno para tu piel y también para el medio ambiente.
The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.
The burning of coal is the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. But the Trump administration sees United States coal as crucial.
The address comes 10 years after his predecessor’s groundbreaking statement on global warming. His words will be watched for signals on the direction of the new papacy.
Turmoil in Washington is distracting from efforts to fix a flood insurance gap and replenish a key disaster relief fund.
Las tripulaciones pesqueras informaron de un aumento extraordinario de las capturas del octópodo este verano. El fenómeno ha resultado lucrativo, pero también ha sido un problema.
En este país, las causas y los efectos del cambio climático están a la vista y las dolorosas compensaciones necesarias para combatirlo se sienten de forma aguda.
More than a third of Etosha National Park in Namibia has burned, threatening the rich biodiversity in a popular tourist attraction.
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.
The end of a federal tax credit is expected to push sales of battery-powered cars down but auto experts believe the market will eventually recover.
We asked doctors, chemists and beauty industry insiders what’s good for your skin and the environment, too.
The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer.
Sonam Wangchuk, who was arrested on Friday, is the face of resistance to what he says is government overreach in a small but strategically important Himalayan region.
Business leaders and trade organizations have been especially worried by attempts to stop work on wind farms that had already secured federal approval.
Beijing’s climate and trade pledges at the U.N. highlighted how modest moves can stand out when the United States is pulling back from global leadership.
In his United Nations address, President Trump lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change. Somini Sengupta explains the facts on climate change with three charts.
This town’s minerals make A.I. possible. Then came Hurricane Helene. Kate Crawford is a professor at the University of Southern California, a senior principal researcher at Microsoft Research and the author of “Atlas of A.I.”
Some issues in the document, which is issued every four years, had become politically inconvenient, former officials said.
Sylvie Macmillan’s square muted nails have been called “the manicure for fall.” Plus, clothing lines from Kim Kardashian and a Gen Z domestic diva.
Spruce Pine, N.C., supplies the world’s highest-purity quartz, a mineral that keeps the A.I. revolution afloat. What are the consequences?
While the West is distracted and divided, China is focused and surging ahead.
Small, everyday actions to minimize water use add up the more people do them.
The nation’s top federal health official said the United States could not support W.H.O. policies that he claimed promoted abortion and “radical gender ideology.”
At the Climate Forward live event, we spoke to top policymakers about China, the Trump effect on climate policy and the boom in artificial intelligence.
At the Climate Forward live event, Manish Bapna, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council; Abigail Dillen, president of Earthjustice; and Bill McKibben, an author and activist, discussed how the environmental movement needs to change to win over more Americans.
At the Climate Forward live event, Jake Sullivan, former national security adviser under President Biden, said the Trump administration’s approach to climate posed serious risks to U.S. military operations and interests.
Will the boom in A.I. drive up greenhouse gas emissions? At the Climate Forward live event, the chief sustainability officers at Google and Microsoft discuss their companies’ net-zero ambitions.
At a Climate Forward live event, Chris Wright defended President Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy, and said he would push for other countries to withdraw from a global climate pact.
At the Climate Forward live event, Gov. Gavin Newsom discussed how he’s pushing back against President Trump’s sweeping rollback of environmental regulations and why he thinks Trump’s latest comments on climate are “an abomination.”
Plus, how big was Jimmy Kimmel’s first night back?
The world is hot — and only getting hotter. We looked at what places around the globe are doing to keep cool.
In a day of live journalism, California’s governor assailed President Trump, and the U.S. energy secretary called for countries to quit the Paris Agreement on global warming.
“The Office” actor read his essay, “What I Learned at a Fire Ceremony With King Charles,” at The New York Times’s Climate Forward event, encouraging others to re-evaluate their relationship with nature.
Speaking at The New York Times’s Climate Forward conference, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California slammed President Trump’s comments on climate change at the United Nations, while Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Trump should get the “hero of the climate” award.
Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.
On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.
President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate summit that China will reduce emissions across its economy, expand renewables sixfold and make electric cars “mainstream.”
China’s green-tech revolution has fueled climate optimism. But now the country seems to be pivoting.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called President Trump’s comments “an embarrassment.”
Andrew Forrest, the executive chairman of the mining company Fortescue, invited President Trump to see the damage Australia is experiencing as the planet heats up.
Speaking at The New York Times’s Climate Forward event, the chief sustainability officers of Microsoft and Google said that their goals to achieve net-zero emissions or better by 2030 are still achievable.
Kongjian Yu, destacado arquitecto paisajista, y otras tres personas murieron cuando la avioneta en la que viajaban se estrelló en una zona pantanosa.
In a panel on the future of climate activism, the author Bill McKibben said the U.S. risks falling behind on green tech due to the Trump administration’s rollbacks on environmental initiatives.
Kongjian Yu, a prominent landscape architect, and three other people were killed when the aircraft crashed in a wetlands region.
Still, European nations are struggling to agree on how much to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, the E.U.’s climate commissioner said in an interview.
To transform our relationship with our planet, we need to value nature as profoundly sacred.
In a remarkable United Nations address, the president lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change.
The new timeline could slow cleanup in some communities by nearly a decade. The chemicals, widely used in the military, are linked to cancers and other health risks.
Al reflejar la luz solar hacia el espacio, las diminutas partículas de azufre protegían a la Tierra del calentamiento causado por las emisiones humanas de dióxido de carbono.
Nesting often high in the redwoods’ canopy, the marbled murrelet faces new and longstanding risks.
Dozens of houses were razed across a flood-prone neighborhood in Atlanta, mitigating floods and creating a long-desired park in the process.
Eco-grazing goats help clear overgrowth worldwide. But rare is the herd that has to get to work by boat.
Offshore turbines let Block Island shut down soot-spewing, earsplitting diesel generators. There were other benefits, too.
Technology is helping farmers use land and fertilizer more strategically. Sometimes, the best practice is no chemicals at all.
The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery have restored 170 acres of native prairie and oak savanna. “Humans need creation to find ourselves,” one said.
As world leaders arrive in New York City for Climate Week, the United States has all but left the global fight against climate change under President Trump.
The Trump administration had halted construction on the $6.2 billion Revolution Wind project, prompting its developer to sue.
The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, which would deliver natural gas into the New York City area, has been shot down three times because of environmental concerns. Supporters hope the fourth time is the charm.
The leaders told us how they are facing a warming planet in a world where international collaboration on climate change is fraying.
The former vice president speaks to David Gelles about how the climate movement can move forward after President Trump’s rollback of key environmental regulations and where he finds hope as the planet continues warming.
A small, carefully scaled geoengineering program could compensate for the loss of cooling as we eliminate sulfur pollution.
Los defensores de las islas Galápagos, una provincia de Ecuador, afirman que el exceso de turismo es especialmente perjudicial allí. El mercado de alojamiento y alquileres de corto plazo se ha saturado.
The islands that Charles Darwin made famous have become more accessible. Too accessible, say some residents and researchers, who fear nature is imperiled.
A diferencia de Francisco, León XIV ha dado pocas pistas sobre su postura respecto a los temas que dividen a la Iglesia (aunque sin duda es fan de los White Sox). Los seguidores completan los vacíos.
Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, climate activists are organizing a nationwide celebration of solar power.
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.
We asked heads of state how they’re steering their countries as America retreats.
An Emirati-backed cement project threatened ancestral prayer caves. The community fought back.
The federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases depends on a 2009 scientific determination. The Trump administration wants to repeal it.
Its chief executive called the E.U. regulations one part of a “very misguided effort to kill oil.” His words followed comments by Trump administration officials criticizing Europe’s climate policies.
In a Montana courtroom, a group of young people argued that a judge should halt three of President Trump’s sweeping executive orders on climate and energy policy.
The decision came despite an effort by a former industry lawyer who is now at the E.P.A. to reverse the regulation.
Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters.
It’s a fringe movement so far, but hybrids have proven they can make good wine and may be better able to withstand climate change and disease.
Unlike Francis, Leo XIV has given few clues about where he stands on issues dividing the church (though he’s definitely a White Sox guy). Followers fill in the gaps.
Once, the Trump administration merely downplayed the threat of global warming. Now it flatly denies the science.
A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases.
Laos is just one of the emerging markets where China’s green-tech revolution is installing more than cheap energy.
The actor, who died on Tuesday at 89, spent much of his life working to preserve the serene natural beauty of Utah, even as his Sundance Film Festival brought Hollywood glamour to the state.
A top scientific advisory body said there’s growing evidence that greenhouse gases threaten health, contradicting the administration’s legal arguments for rollbacks.
Most corals in the Atlantic Ocean will soon stop growing. Many are already dying, leaving shorelines and marine ecosystems vulnerable.
Three times as many people in cities and towns died from severe heat as would have done in a world without human-caused warming, scientists said.
Ahead of the Climate Forward conference on Sept. 24, Times readers sent us their most urgent questions about climate change.
Heat waves and flooding could cost the European Union $50 billion in damage to buildings and crops as well as a loss of productivity, a new study found.
How do we think about the climate future, now that the era marked by the Paris Agreement has so utterly disappeared?
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers have focused on pocketbook concerns this year, seeing their party’s national losses as a reckoning.
The state has led the country in adopting electric cars and reducing gas use, but it now faces much higher gas prices as oil companies plan to shut down refineries.
A medida que el cambio climático contribuye a exacerbar las olas de calor, la ciudad se debate entre mantener su patrimonio arquitectónico y conservar la habitabilidad de los apartamentos.
Spontaneous gas explosions appear to be increasing in northern Russia because of climate change and some specific local conditions.
They claim Trump’s executive orders are unconstitutional. The government says their lawsuit should be thrown out. The two sides are set to clash this week in Montana.
The provision in the government funding bill could shield pesticide companies from billions of dollars in lawsuits.
Oil extraction and organized crime plague my community in the forests of eastern Mexico, but we’re fighting back.
Governments around the world are enacting measures to try to protect workers from the dangers of heat stress. They’re barely keeping up with the risks.
Electric vehicles on the used market often cost less than comparable gasoline models, making the technology affordable to many more buyers.
As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable.
Citing laws more commonly used against organized crime, the lawsuit argued that fossil fuel companies were responsible for devastating hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.
The data, from thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities, is the country’s most comprehensive way to track greenhouse gases.
The cold water upswell, which is vital to marine life, did not materialize for the first time on record. Researchers are trying to figure out why.
Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
Pakistan, among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, has been battered by floods and extreme heat as critics say its government needs to do more.
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled big infrastructure plans. But they are likely to meet resistance from Indigenous and environmental groups.
Here are some of the right-wing activist’s stances on gun control, climate change and other issues.
The health secretary has begun a full-on assault against vaccines but has taken a more restrained approach to pesticides and unhealthy foods, also MAHA priorities.
This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire process of global diplomacy on climate change.
Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said he would push Europe to loosen environmental rules and buy more gas. Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, tied fossil fuels to a need to win the A.I. race.
The proposal from the Bureau of Land Management would prioritize the use of public lands for oil and gas drilling, coal mining and other industrial activities.
Clouds are changing, and we need to find out if it’s just temporary or from global warming.
They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Republican of Virginia, has championed a wind farm under construction off the coast of his state. He’s trying to persuade President Trump to leave it alone.
Its vast investment in solar, wind and batteries is on track to end an era of global growth in the use of coal, oil and gas, the researchers said.
The outdoor apparel maker from California wants to fix farming. The first challenge is convincing consumers to think of it for sardines and beer.
Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”
The Trump administration wants to switch off and possibly destroy the climate-monitoring technology.
Activists are hoping to recreate the magic of 1970’s Earth Day — at a moment when the movement’s future is cloudier than ever.
An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.
On Sept. 24, the Times will host leaders, policymakers and executives in frank discussions about a consequential year in the fight against climate change.
Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.
The Danish company behind Revolution Wind, a $6 billion project off Rhode Island, said the federal government had unlawfully halted work on the wind farm.
The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.
The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment.
The country lacks the ability to address multiple disasters happening at once, the Government Accountability Office said.
The effort involves several agencies that typically have little to do with wind power, including the Health and Human Services Department.
A recent study hints at the potential benefits of restoring bison to an ecosystem.
The weekly column that focused on inequality in the city ran for 14 years, from Occupy Wall Street to Zohran Mamdani. Now it comes to a close.
Progress cannot occur if scientists are barred from asking certain questions.
La gestión de Biden estará en los libros de historia como un interregno entre dos mandatos de Donald Trump, una pausa en medio de un periodo caótico de cambio, para bien o para mal.
Biden’s disastrous debate performance highlighted age concerns.
As leaders gather for a global climate summit, investors are rewarding oil giants like Exxon Mobil that did not embrace wind and solar.
Our nation needs an economic disaster preparedness tool kit to avoid the scourge of inflation.
A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.
Readers discuss election obstacles. Also: Donald Trump’s claim about Kamala Harris’s crowds; the Olympics; Covid vaccines; food and the climate.
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.
In her elegant essay collection, “Lessons for Survival,” Emily Raboteau confronts climate collapse, societal breakdown and the Covid pandemic while trying to raise children in a responsible way.