Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Urban transportation is central to the effort to slow climate change. It can’t be done by just switching to electric cars. Several cities are starting to electrify mass transit. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/climate/cities-public-transit-electric-tram-ferry-bus-cable-car.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The tribe has survived for more than a thousand years in the arid mesas. The megadrought gripping the Southwest is testing that resilience. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/us/arizona-megadrought.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After pressing toward a vote, Democratic leaders accepted “reality” that the bill could not pass before a broad climate change and safety net measure comes together. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/us/politics/biden-democrats-infrastructure.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rising demand for the fuel is sending electricity bills soaring and forcing factories to shut down. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/business/natural-gas-prices.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment There’s more in that cloud of bugs than meets the eye. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/science/physics-midges-starlings-swarm.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Beach cleanups, plastic reduction, rethinking travel: A group of major leaguers is pushing back in a wasteful sport. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/sports/mlb-climate-change-players-for-the-planet.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After a party-line vote, Tracy Stone-Manning became the leader of an agency that manages oil and gas drilling on public lands. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/climate/tracy-stone-manning-blm.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The messages take aim at Democrats by name as part of a broad effort to undermine landmark climate legislation that now hangs in the balance in Congress. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/climate/api-exxon-biden-climate-bill.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Victor, the 20th named storm of the busy 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, was south of the Cape Verde Islands, with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-victor-hurricane.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The underwater filmmaker Ron Elliott describes what he’s learned from his encounters with sharks near the Farallon Islands. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/travel/farallon-islands-great-white-sharks.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The centrist senator is key to President Biden’s agenda in Washington. Her positions have angered some Democrats back home. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/us/kyrsten-sinema-voters.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Trump-era rule protected oil, construction and other industries from liability if they killed or injured birds while doing business. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/climate/biden-birds-protection.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The animals and one plant had been listed as endangered species. Their stories hold lessons about a growing global biodiversity crisis. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/climate/endangered-animals-extinct.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In “Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid,” Thor Hanson looks at the evolutionary shifts already taking place as ecosystems and weather patterns change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/books/review/how-the-animal-world-is-adapting-to-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers found that one tiny Arctic village’s unfiltered sewage produces as much microplastic as the treated waste of more than a million people. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/science/microfiber-pollution-svalbard.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The automaker and a supplier will spend $11.4 billion on three battery factories and a truck plant, creating 11,000 jobs. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/business/energy-environment/ford-battery-electric-vehicles.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Massive eruptions transformed the climate in the Triassic era, creating the conditions in which dinosaurs diversified into many more species. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/science/dinosaurs-volcanoes-triassic.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The military’s satellites excel at spotting new blazes, but for decades they have been mostly off limits to civilian firefighters. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/science/wildfires-military-satellites.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Oil and gas production in the North Sea is not the economic juggernaut it once was. Can floating wind turbines offer an alternative? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/business/scotland-oil-wind-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The top two Democrats in Congress face a daunting pile of legislative imperatives. With President Biden’s agenda hanging in the balance and few votes to spare, can they get it done? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/us/politics/schumer-pelosi.html