China Confronts Europe Over Climate-Based Trade Restrictions

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Days ahead of the U.N.’s global negotiations on climate change, China and other developing countries said trade restrictions should be part of the talks. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/climate/china-europe-cop29-trade-restrictions.html

Amid Flood Cleanup in Spain, Residents Try to Make Sense of the Disaster

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some see the floods as an example of the effect of a changing climate that is making overwhelming downpours more common. Locals also say government warnings came too late. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/world/europe/spain-floods-blame.html

What Trump’s Environmental Record Says About a Second Term

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Trump and his allies envision a second term that would try to permanently eliminate protections for air, water and climate. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/climate/trump-environment-election.html

Amid Climate Crisis, Svalbard Global Seed Vault Gets a Huge Deposit

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A storage facility in Norway built to safeguard crop diversity recently received more than 30,000 samples as concerns grow about climate change and food insecurity. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/world/europe/svalbard-seed-vault-deposit-climate.html

Trump’s Environmental Claims Ignore Decades of Climate Science

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The former president says he wants “clean air and clean water,” but he has rolled back environmental rules and dismissed the scientific consensus on climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/climate/donald-trump-climate-change-claims.html

Malaria Is Surging in Ethiopia, Reversing a Decade of Progress Against the Disease

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate change, civil conflict and growing resistance to insecticides and treatments are all contributing to an alarming spread of cases. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/health/malaria-ethiopia-deaths-cases.html

In Climate Fight, Scientists Tinker With Bacteria to Replace Corn Fertilizer

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment By tweaking the DNA of bacteria, scientists aim to cut the use of chemical fertilizers that are worsening global warming. Some worry about unintended consequences. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/climate/farms-fertilizer-climate-change.html

Inside the Effort to Change How Seeds Grow

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Much of the food we eat is grown with synthetic fertilizer, which is a huge source of climate change. But now, a seed with DNA-modified bacteria is reducing the amount of synthetic fertilizer that farmers have to apply to their fields. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter […]

Russia’s Warming Arctic Is a Climate Threat. War Has Shut Scientists Out of It.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate science has been stymied as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. The stalled work threatens to leave the West without a clear picture of how fast the Earth is heating up. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/climate/russia-alaska-arctic-global-warming.html

Big Sur Weighs Tourism Against Its Environmental Impact

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some 90 percent of the economy in this coastal California region relies on visitors. But overtourism, the high cost of living and most worrisome, the effects of global warming, create a future of uncertainty. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/travel/big-sur-tourism-california.html

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