Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At first, villagers thought the dark, dense blot in the sky was a harmless cloud. Then came the terrifying realization that the locusts had arrived. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/world/africa/locusts-kenya-east-africa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Global average temperatures for the month were 2.05 degrees Fahrenheit above average and slightly higher than in January 2016, the previous record-holder. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/climate/global-temperatures-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As climate change threatens exports like oysters and rice, residents cling to a pageant tradition that celebrates them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/style/the-agriculture-queens-of-louisiana.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, booze and global warming Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/climate/nyt-newsletter-republican-climate-agenda.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists worked out what lived in part of the Western United States tens of thousands of years ago by studying DNA found in pack rat middens. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/science/packrat-nests-dna.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The world is indifferent to our fate. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/magazine/australia-fires-video.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The findings add urgency of efforts to cut emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas routinely leaked or intentionally released into the atmosphere. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/climate/methane-flaring-oil-emissions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The world’s richest man unveiled a fund to help climate scientists and activists, an escalation of his philanthropic efforts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/technology/jeff-bezos-climate-change-earth-fund.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Americans looking to cut back on meat are following a movement forged by a groundbreaking book, ‘Diet for a Small Planet.’ Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/us/plant-based-meat-has-roots-in-the-1970s.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment What many of us have witnessed this fire season feels alive and monstrous. With climate change forcing a relaxed country to stumble toward new ways of work, leisure and life, will politics follow? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/world/australia/fires-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A proposal to build two huge barriers — one that would connect Norway to Scotland, the other France to England — was described as a warning about the urgency of the climate crisis. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/world/europe/north-sea-dams.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Thailand funded the first dam on the river in Laos, and it is Thai towns, farms and fisheries that are suffering. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/world/asia/mekong-river-dams-thailand.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A sweeping overhaul aims to make commercial garbage pickup safer for pedestrians, workers and the environment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/nyregion/nyc-garbage.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Sharing the prize with Al Gore, his U.N. organization was recognized for its work on global warming, but his career was undone by harassment accusations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/science/rajendra-pachauri-dead.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The storm’s effects were uneven: About 30 percent of the country’s coral was destroyed, but some reefs appeared to be undamaged. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/climate/hurricane-dorian-reefs-coral.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Canada Letter speaks with a Times reporter who has looked into large investors who have turned away from the oil sands. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/world/canada/alberta-oil-sands-divestment.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump’s long-promised rollback of Obama-era fuel economy standards may not be completed until this summer, and may not be tenable even then. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/climate/trump-fuel-economy-rollback.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new generation of autonomous robots is helping plant breeders shape the crops of tomorrow. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/science/farm-agriculture-robots.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A tech billionaire’s PowerPoint brought the Trillion Trees climate plan to the president, a textbook case of ad hoc policymaking in the Trump era. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/climate/trump-trees-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment It is the first oil giant to make a zero-emissions climate pledge that covers the burning of fuel it extracts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/climate/bp-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html?emc=rss&partner=rss