Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The city is subsiding between two millimeters and four millimeters a year under the weight of all its buildings, a scientist has found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/nyregion/nyc-sinking.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Don’t be fooled by its generic title. Lesley Lokko’s “Laboratory of the Future” is the most ambitious and pointedly political Venice Architecture Biennale in years. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/arts/design/venice-architecture-biennale-review.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The agreement on cuts, aided by a wet winter and $1.2 billion in federal payments, expires at the end of 2026. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/climate/colorado-river-deal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Flooding upended tens of thousands of lives this week in Emilia-Romagna, a region that has also experienced drought in recent years. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/world/europe/italy-floods-emilia-romagna.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For politicians, discussing climate change in a province enriched by oil money is fraught. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/world/canada/canada-wildfires-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The U.S. finds itself caught between defending President Biden’s climate change agenda and aiding allies intent on increasing their access to fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/20/world/asia/climate-fossil-fuels-g7.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wildfires raging in Alberta and British Columbia have created a sense of panic and fear, and forced thousands of residents to evacuate from their homes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/canada/canada-wildfire-alberta-british-columbia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Around the world, tens of millions could lose their homes in the coming decades. Planning is the key to protecting them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/climate/climate-rising-seas-big-cities.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wealthy democracies rev up an effort to spend trillions on a new climate-friendly energy economy, while stealing away some of China’s manufacturing power. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/biden-industrial-policy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Private firms apologized for not doing more to prevent the release of untreated sewage into rivers and seas and pledged to invest 10 billion pounds to fix the problem. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/world/europe/uk-england-sewage.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists say they’ve compiled evidence showing that the ivory-billed woodpecker, a kind of Holy Grail for American birders, still exists. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/climate/ivory-billed-woodpecker.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also, hot years ahead as global temperatures rise. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/briefing/g7-biden-pacific-japan-asia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The World Meteorological Organization forecast “far-reaching repercussions for health, food security, water management and the environment.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/climate/record-heat-forecast.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Alberta’s vast oil industry is cutting production as the flames menace wells and pipelines, highlighting the danger Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/climate/canada-wildfires-fracking-oil-gas.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Intense downpours caused rivers to overflow in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna, swamping numerous cities in a catastrophe that experts described as “unprecedented.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/europe/italy-flooding-emilia-romagna.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Hundreds of landfills containing toxic coal ash have gone unregulated for years, posing hazards to human health and the environment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/climate/epa-coal-ash-landfills.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Festival organizers are trying to block plans to build a clean energy plant in the Nevada desert, highlighting the struggle to combat climate change and the cost of clean power. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/business/burning-man-geothermal-plant-nevada.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment There’s growing evidence that fossil fuel companies knew their product would harm the climate, and that’s driving lawsuits around the world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/climate/climate-eni-oil-companies.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Mountain Valley line, which would carry gas from West Virginia to Virginia, still faces legal and regulatory hurdles. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/climate/biden-mountain-valley-pipeline.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Passenger cars dominate the electric vehicle market, but light delivery trucks could benefit from the cost savings and range E.V.s offer. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/business/energy-environment/electric-vehicle-delivery-vans.html