Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Derided as a “Merchant of Doubt,” he spent decades trying to refute the evidence of global warming and other environmental risks. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/climate/s-fred-singer-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Cities and towns nationwide are failing to properly restrict construction in flood zones, an analysis for The Times found, violating taxpayer-subsidized insurance rules. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/climate/fema-flood-insurance.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Critics say the popular Netflix series and its directors lost sight of the conservation and animal welfare problems at the heart of the story of Joe Exotic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/science/tiger-king-joe-exotic-conservation.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New research from Stanford University holds lessons for a world reeling from the coronavirus and searching for ways to avert the next global pandemic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/climate/animals-humans-virus-covid.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Threatened and endangered animals may become additional casualties of the pandemic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/coronavirus-poaching-rhinos.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week: How to be ready for overlapping disasters Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/climate/coronavirus-pollution-race.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Machine-learning applications are proving to be especially useful to the scientific community studying the planet’s largest bodies of water. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/ai-ocean-whales-study.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A study suggests that monarchs bred by enthusiasts were less fit than those that started as caterpillars in the wild. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/monarch-butterflies-captive.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment He preached peace, love and environmentalism. Then he killed his girlfriend, stuffed her body in a steamer trunk and fled to Europe. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/ira-einhorn-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A nationwide study has found that counties with even slightly higher levels of long-term air pollution are seeing larger numbers of Covid-19 deaths. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/climate/air-pollution-coronavirus-covid.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The renewable-energy business is expected to keep growing, though more slowly, in contrast to fossil fuel companies, which have been hammered by low oil and gas prices. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/business/energy-environment/coronavirus-oil-wind-solar-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In what was once one of South America’s poorest countries, a fraught transformation is underway, as oil riches bring optimism but also intensify ethnic tensions and environmental concerns. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/americas/guyana-oil.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Can the plant microbiome help clean up contaminated land? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/science/superfund-plant-microbiome.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New data shows example after example of overheating and damage along the 1,500-mile natural wonder. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/australia/great-barrier-reefs-bleaching-dying.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Dimitri Deheyn’s lab has become a hub of novel research on the microfibers found in our waterways and even the air we breathe. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/science/microfibers-plastics-ocean-biology.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Pushed out of their village by a drought and lack of food, a group of Nepalis are fighting to amplify the voices of those forced to relocate by the planet’s warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/world/asia/nepal-himalayas-glacier-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The agency leading the coronavirus response nationwide is facing a staffing crunch and has closed its training facilities to avoid spreading the virus, officials say. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/climate/fema-staff-shortage-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Usually these root vegetables cause pink stains, but with a little bit of chemistry, Brazilian researchers found they could produce another hue. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/science/blue-dye-beets.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The federal government is asking online retailers to take unregistered products that falsely claim protection from coronavirus off the market. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/climate/epa-fake-coronavirus-cleaners.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment This year’s United Nations-sponsored climate talks, widely regarded as the most important climate meeting of the last four years, were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/climate/cop-climate-glasgow-coronavirus.html