Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Plus: A plummeting rocket, a superstar ant, staff recommendations and more in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/science/science-times-newsletter-archaeology.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When Vanessa Nakate, 24, was cropped out of a wire photo featuring her and four white activists, it drew attention that she now uses to expand her work in Uganda and beyond. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/world/africa/vanessa-nakate-climate-change-uganda.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment National Park Service officials want to reduce the size of a herd that they say has damaged vegetation, archaeological sites and the water supply. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/us/grand-canyon-national-park-bison-hunting.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Critics say the administration hasn’t defined a clear climate resilience strategy and has been slow to fill key jobs to coordinate that work. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/climate/climate-biden-louisiana.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A race is on to produce lithium in the United States, but competing projects are taking very different approaches to extracting the vital raw material. Some might not be very green. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/business/lithium-mining-race.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Fifteen to 20 of the endangered giant birds wrecked the deck, knocked over lawn ornaments and tore up “every piece of plastic” they could find, the homeowner’s daughter said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/us/california-condors-house.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some people said they started bathing less during the pandemic. As long as no one complains, they say they plan to keep the new habit. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/health/shower-bathing-pandemic.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new study said that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce sea level rise from melting ice sheets from about 10 inches to about five by 2100. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/climate/climate-change-sea-level-rise.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment We asked 10 people from around the world what they thought of America’s approach to the environment. It didn’t go well. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007674226/climate-change-recycling-america.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The gap between rich and poor countries on vaccinations highlights the failure of richer nations to see it in their self-interest to urgently help poorer ones fight a shared crisis. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/climate/vaccine-shortage-india-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Buying an electric car can be exciting and bewildering. Consider what kind of car you want and need and where you will charge. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/electric-vehicle-ev-buying-guide.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Tuesday: A conversation with state officials about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to ban fracking and phase out oil extraction in California. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/us/california-ban-fracking.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The announcement raises questions about the fate of their fortune. The couple helped create the Giving Pledge, but much of his Microsoft money has not yet been donated. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/business/bill-melinda-gates-divorce.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Through his work with environmental groups, he tried to prevent the introduction of oil and gas drilling in sensitive lands. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/us/adam-kolton-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The author of a new study said the combination of blackouts and extreme heat “may be the deadliest climate-related event we can imagine.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/climate/heat-climate-health-risks.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The restaurant will no longer serve meat or seafood when it reopens, Daniel Humm, the chef, said. “The current food system is simply not sustainable, in so many ways,” he said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/dining/eleven-madison-park-vegan-menu.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Biden administration is moving quickly to limit hydrofluorocarbons, the Earth-warming chemicals used in air-conditioning and refrigeration. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/climate/EPA-HFCs-hydrofluorocarbons.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the wake of wars, natural disasters and insurgencies, Mozambique is experiencing an environmental renaissance. One of the results is a new and stunningly beautiful national park. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/travel/mozambique-national-park.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Firefighters in New Mexico, Arizona and California are battling springtime blazes that have been fueled by a severe drought and boosted by climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/us/wildfires-fire.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Times’s Andrew Ross Sorkin joins Dame Ellen MacArthur, and other experts, to explore what it will take to transform the economy in the battle against climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/climate/net-zero-circular-economy-climate-event.html