Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The South and Southwest hit record temperatures over the weekend and meteorologists warned that heat will rise in the East and High Plains. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/heatwave-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An analysis of recent record temperatures found that climate change made this year’s long hot spell 600 times more likely. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/siberia-heat-wave-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, who cleans up when oil and gas companies fail? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-miami.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment American paddlefish and Russian sturgeon were not supposed to be able to create hybrid offspring. Surprise! Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/science/hybrid-sturgeon-paddlefish.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Critics say a company policy that exempts opinion articles from fact-checking amounts to a huge loophole for climate change deniers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/climate-facebook-fact-checking.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump has used a regulatory reinterpretation to limit one of the country’s bedrock environmental laws and speed permitting of infrastructure projects. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/trump-environment-nepa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes. He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-news-conference.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists expect emissions, driven by fossil fuels and agriculture, to continue rising rapidly. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/methane-emissions-record.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rising seas are bringing water into communities at record rates, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/coastal-flooding-noaa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Government Accountability Office has found that the Trump administration is undervaluing the cost of climate change to boost its deregulatory efforts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/trump-climate-change-carbon-cost.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Biden’s plan links tackling climate change with economic recovery from the coronavirus and addressing racism, drawing praise from onetime critics. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/biden-climate-plan.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new analysis puts the likelihood of an earthquake slightly higher than earlier forecasts, but researchers said there’s no reason to panic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/climate/california-san-andreas-fault-earthquake.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Along a coastline in New Zealand, kelp seems to contain a genetic record of the planet’s geological upheaval. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/science/earthquake-dna-genes-kelp.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When it comes to finding a vaccine for chlamydia, the world’s most common sexually transmitted infection, koalas may prove a key ally. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/science/chlamydia-koalas-vaccines.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup cost left to taxpayers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/climate/oil-fracking-bankruptcy-methane-executive-pay.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The climate scientist Maureen Raymo is leading the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia. She has big plans for science, and diversity, too. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/climate/lamont-doherty-maureen-raymo-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A virtual event with eight speakers and one question: Has Covid-19 created a blueprint for combating climate change? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/climate/netting-zero-debate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The recently discovered species covers coral in a thick layer and suffocates it. Scientists don’t know where it came from. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/science/hawaii-seaweed-coral-reef.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The report found White House pressure led to NOAA’s rebuke of forecasters who contradicted Mr. Trump’s inaccurate claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/climate/trump-hurricane-dorian-noaa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Signature progressive programs like “Medicare for all” and the Green New Deal did not make it into the recommendations. But Senator Bernie Sanders’s allies pushed some policies to the left. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/politics/biden-sanders-task-force.html