Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Most Americans say they are interested in the issue, but it came up only once in the first two debates and is not among topics listed for the third. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/science/hillary-cinton-donald-trump-global-warming.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Brian Helmuth, the marine scientist who devised them about 18 years ago, says they are an example of “biomimicry,” a relatively new field. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/18/science/robotic-mussels-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A binding accord on a heat-trapping chemical used in air-conditioners and refrigerators could have a greater impact on global warming than the Paris pact of 2015. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/world/africa/kigali-deal-hfc-air-conditioners.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The U.S. has struggled to limit wild horse populations since Congress passed a law in 1971 protecting the animals on public land in 10 Western states. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/us/wild-horses-us-west.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Technology displayed in Paris would make it possible for a production-ready vehicle to vary the compression ratio in the engine’s combustion chambers while the car is being driven. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/automobiles/infinitis-vc-turbo-suv-a-leap-ahead-in-efficiency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Foreign intelligence copied “an unknown quantity of documents,” a government report said, but it did not specify which country may have been responsible. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/world/australia/hacking-weather-bureau.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A phaseout of hydrofluorocarbons could have a major effect on climate change but would make air-conditioning more expensive just as many Indians are becoming able to afford it. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/world/asia/india-air-conditioning.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A study found that human-caused warming was responsible for 55 percent of the rise in the dryness of the landscape in the western United States. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/science/climate-change-forest-fires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A decision on the siting of a seaport could improve the prospects of the restoration of the lizards, which were once believed to be extinct. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/science/jamaican-iguanas-goat-islands.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment “If you begin a conversation with, ‘You’re an idiot,’ that’s the end of the conversation, too,” says the Texas Tech scientist, an evangelical Christian spreading a gospel on warming. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/science/katharine-hayhoe-climate-change-science.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A team of researchers scours the wilds of northern Alaska for Bombus polaris, the ‘panda of the insect world.’ Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/11/science/alaska-bumblebee.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The prime minister’s plan to put a price on carbon emissions is a significant environmental step, and leaves provinces with choices on how to carry it out. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/opinion/canadas-trudeau-steps-up-on-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Why is the media not raising climate change as part of the presidential race? Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/opinion/what-about-the-planet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The measure takes effect in 2021 and will for the first time reduce the climate impact of international jet travel. The first six years will be voluntary. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/science/190-countries-adopt-plan-to-offset-jet-emissions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Democrats are more likely than Republicans to care deeply about climate change and to believe that it is mainly the result of human activity. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/science/climate-change-poll-pew.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Category 4 storm brought winds of up to 145 miles an hour and rainfall that could exceed three feet in some areas. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/world/americas/hurricane-matthew-haiti-jamaica-cuba.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scripps said that levels had recently risen above 400 parts per million, and were likely to stay that way “for the indefinite future.” Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/science/atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-400-ppm.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Indonesia’s capital is working to dredge its network of rivers and canals, long blocked with garbage and a central contributor to chronic flooding. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/world/asia/jakarta-indonesia-canals.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A herd in the Selkirk Mountains near the Canadian border is down to about a dozen, threatened by wolves and a larger problem: development. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/science/endangered-caribou-idaho-british-columbia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An international agreement now prohibits the commercial sale across international borders of the world’s most trafficked mammals. Enforcement is another matter. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/science/endangered-pangolins-trade-ban.html?partner=rss&emc=rss