Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution are more likely to have premature, underweight or stillborn babies, a look at 32 million U.S. births found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/climate/climate-change-pregnancy-study.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An unusual combination of events caused the Weddell Sea to lose more sea ice than in recent years. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/climate/antarctica-sea-ice-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers in Japan have developed a soap bubble-based pollination method that is as effective as doing it by hand. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/science/bubbles-pollinating-bees.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new survey in five countries found significant support for stricter air quality regulations and enforcement of existing rules. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/climate/air-pollution-opinion-survey.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, all that cardboard from ordering online. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/climate/climate-environmental-justice.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The California utility’s transmission line started the 2018 fire that killed dozens and destroyed the town of Paradise. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/business/energy-environment/pge-camp-fire-california-wildfires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Neil Jacobs violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy with a statement last year backing the president’s inaccurate claim that a hurricane was headed for Alabama, a panel found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/climate/noaa-sharpiegate-ethics-violation.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rescued from Australia’s fires, a small fleet of wild platypuses is launched back into their wetland home and into an uncertain future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/science/platypuses-australia-wildfires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The energy giant said its oil and gas assets were worth less, a move reflecting broad changes in the industry. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/business/energy-environment/bp-oil-gas-write-down.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Efforts to block research on climate change don’t just come from the Trump political appointees on top. Lower managers in government are taking their cues, and running with them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/climate/climate-science-trump.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The company is increasing the number of shares it will give homeowners and businesses that lost properties during fires caused by its equipment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/business/energy-environment/pge-wildfire-victims-stock.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment There’s “no nook or cranny” on the planet where it doesn’t end up, the lead researcher on a new study said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/climate/airborne-plastic-pollution.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Poaching of the big cats is on the rise, and a new study links their slaughter to corruption as well as investment from Chinese companies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/science/jaguars-poaching-china.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, what to do about all that medical waste Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/climate/climate-scientists-strike-black-lives-matter.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Just weeks after another company was criticized for razing ancient caves in the Pilbara desert, BHP said it would expand an iron ore mine on land that contains rock shelters some 15,000 years old. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/world/australia/indigenous-caves-BHP-mining.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Trying to cut spending as the pandemic reduces tax revenue, governments are finding it easier to lift restraints on what consumers pay for fuel. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/business/energy-environment/countries-slash-energy-subsidies-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A planet heated by giant volcanic eruptions drove the earliest known wipeout of life on Earth. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/science/global-warming-ordovician-extinction.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The move reverses an Obama-era ban on hunting methods like baiting bears with doughnuts and shooting swimming caribou. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/climate/trump-bear-hunting.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating a global hacker-for-hire operation that sent phishing emails to environmental groups, journalists and others. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/nyregion/exxon-mobil-hackers-greenpeace.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In “Disposable City,” Mario Alejandro Ariza reckons with what climate change has in store for the spicy city on the Atlantic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/books/review/disposable-city-miami-climate-change-mario-alejandro-ariza.html