Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wholesale coffee prices are trading near a 50-year high because of shortages related to extreme weather and increased global demand. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/business/coffee-prices-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment They were the bright lights during a rocky year, making the city a cooler, and fairer, place to be. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/nyregion/best-new-yorkers-2024.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As a researcher at several universities and an adviser at NASA, he used data analysis to show how the planet’s different systems are interrelated. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/climate/berrien-moore-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/us/politics/trump-panama-canal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment “Technostuff” built in the last 100 years outweighs all the living matter on Earth. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/science/biomass-garbage-construction.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/climate/epa-pfas-fertilizer-3m-forever-chemicals.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As climate change intensifies, flooding is emerging as a threat for homes not previously seen as high-risk. Some residents are responding creatively by lifting up their homes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/realestate/home-lifts-flooding-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/nyregion/hochul-climate-change-superfund-law.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An increasingly ferocious and volatile surf is raising questions about the future of the state’s piers, which have defined the coastline for generations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/california-beach-surf-pier-warning.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As holiday joy transitions to wintry malaise, New Yorkers throw tons of trees to the curb. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/realestate/which-borough-produces-the-most-christmas-tree-waste.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/business/energy-environment/trump-clean-energy-finance.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, Flaco the escaped eagle-owl, Charlotte the maybe-pregnant stingray — they distracted us from the messy human world but were also clear reflections of it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/science/animals-flaco-pnut.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new method of making nonvintage Champagnes is taking hold. Producers see it as a hedge against climate change while improving overall quality. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/dining/drinks/champagne-perpetual-reserve-method.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his “America First” philosophy has an expansionist dimension. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/trump-greenland-panama-canal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Stephen Miran, who served during Donald Trump’s first term and now works at a hedge fund, has accused the Biden administration of manipulating markets. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/climate/trump-miran-council-of-economic-advisers.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/climate/carbon-capture-global-warming.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on family planning in uncertain times. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/magazine/family-planning-uncertain-times-ethics.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Regan informed agency employees that he would leave before the formal end of the Biden term. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/climate/epa-michael-regan-departs.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new study finds that deaths related to cold weather in the United States have risen in the past two decades. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/well/cold-deaths-health.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The swirling wind and rain hit an area where a yearslong insurgency had already forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/africa/cyclone-chido-death-toll-mozambique.html