Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Appalshop, a cultural center in Kentucky, has recovered more than 13,500 items after a devastating flood a year ago. Many are being restored and digitized. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/us/kentucky-floods-appalshop-recovery.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A group of Swiss women over 64 have filed a lawsuit against Switzerland with Europe’s top human rights court, saying the country has violated their rights by failing to curb emissions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/world/europe/heat-wave-older-women-lawsuit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As climate change sends summer temperatures soaring, older people are increasingly vulnerable to heat-related illnesses in places like Phoenix. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/health/heat-health-seniors.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment This year, everything from scorching heat to fires, floods, tornadoes and hail storms driven by climate change have disrupted the plans of travelers around the world. A summer getaway remains a powerful desire, but it’s at a tipping point. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/travel/summer-travel-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Project 2025, a conservative “battle plan” for the next Republican president, would stop attempts to cut the pollution that is heating the planet and encourage more emissions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/republicans-climate-project2025.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president is likely to create a new national monument that would ban uranium mining on a million acres around the canyon, something Native tribes have sought for decades. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate/biden-grand-canyon-mining-monument.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With punishing temperatures across many states, restaurants are adapting to a new climate reality. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/dining/restaurants-heat-wave.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A provincial leader set off an outcry by urging cities to serve as a “moat” for the capital, as diverted floodwaters sent scores of residents fleeing. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/world/asia/china-flood-beijing-rain.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Inside the largest wildfires in the country’s modern history — and how climate change has affected its ability to deal with them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/podcasts/canada-wildfires-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An unusual winter heat wave has brought record high temperatures to cities across Argentina, Chile and Paraguay this week, triggering concerns about the impacts of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/americas/south-america-chile-heat-wave-winter.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also, two men who were switched at birth rediscover their roots. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/briefing/trump-pleads-not-guilty-seoul-warming-oceans.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The incursion by opponents of oil drilling raised concerns about the security of the British leader and his family. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/europe/sunak-greenpeace-protest-britain.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Temperatures are the hottest they have been in recorded history, by a wide margin. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/climate/the-oceans-dire-message.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The kingdom said its move to reduce oil production by one million barrels a day would continue through September. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/business/energy-environment/saudi-arabia-oil-production-cut.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A survey of power lines in four Western states found bullet fragments and shotgun pellets in most of the dead birds that were collected. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/science/birds-shot-power-lines.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The government in Tehran cited “unprecedented” heat when it ordered a two-day shutdown to protect health and conserve energy, but many residents were not buying it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/world/middleeast/iran-heat-shutdown-power-grid.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The false campaign by environmental activists claimed that the toy giant was launching a new line of decomposable Barbies and would stop using plastic by 2030. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/business/media/barbie-hoax-plastic-mattel-daryl-hannah.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment It’s winter in Antarctica, when sea ice cover typically grows. But this year’s sea ice is way behind, reaching record lows with implications for the planet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/climate/antarctic-sea-ice-record-low.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New efficiency rules, more than a decade in the making, have taken effect, relegating Edison’s glowing orbs to the history books. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/climate/incandescent-light-bulb-ban-leds.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A ban on most kinds of traditional bulbs renews a cultural squabble between regulatory efforts to curb energy consumption and the very American impulse to do whatever one wants in one’s domicile. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/us/politics/incandescent-bulb-ban-led-biden.html