Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the increasingly dry Southwest, drought and climate change pose a challenge for developers, who need to find creative ways to provide water supply to new communities. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/business/water-development-west.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Forget about flying if you want to visit many of these stunning specks of land sprinkled across the Caribbean. Hop on a sailboat or a ferry, or you can always swim. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/travel/caribbean-st-vincent-grenadines.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The warmer the planet becomes, the more moisture the atmosphere can take up and then release as precipitation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/us/global-warming-snowfall.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment These storms aren’t tremendously rare, but this particular one is much more powerful than most. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/climate/bomb-cyclone.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the wake of the U.N. biodiversity conference, Julia Simpson, the head of the World Travel and Tourism Council, discusses a new initiative called nature positive travel. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/travel/nature-positive-tourism-world-travel-and-tourism-council.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Less snow is falling in a warming world, but higher temperatures also allow the air to hold more water, creating additional precipitation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/climate-change-snow-storms.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As much of the United States plunges into a deep freeze, scientists continue to debate how rapid Arctic warming is playing a role. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/climate/polar-vortex-winter-cold-weather.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The race has not been run fully since 2017 mostly because of heat-related complications. Triathletes have been pressing for a change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/sports/new-york-city-triathlon-october.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Activists called the funding to help developing countries cope with the impacts of climate change “hugely disappointing.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/climate/congress-climate-finance-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Huge legislation. Secret Amazon airstrips. Political shenanigans. Also a trash guessing game. Reporters and editors from The Times’s Climate Desk share pieces they particularly liked. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/climate/nyt-climate-coverage-2022.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Many companies and investors are eager to recycle batteries but it could take a decade or more before enough used lithium-ion batteries become available. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/business/energy-environment/battery-recycling-electric-vehicles.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a win for the Biden administration, the United States Postal Service said it would spend nearly $10 billion to create one of the largest electric truck fleets in the nation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/climate/postal-service-electric-trucks.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Google says its goals for carbon-free power are impeded by state-regulated utilities, particularly in the Southeast, that lack a competitive market. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/business/google-clean-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A proposed new European Union law is due to come into effect soon to reduce deforestation risks. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/climate/chocolate-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For the first time in decades, the agency has restricted nitrogen dioxide emissions from heavy vehicles. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/climate/epa-trucks-emissions-nitrogen-oxide.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Roughly 190 nations, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s land and seas. The United States is not officially a participant. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/climate/biodiversity-cop15-montreal-30×30.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The field of conservation paleobiology is helping scientists to bring living things back to parts of the Los Angeles River. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/science/la-river-fossils-paleobiology.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A panel of experts has spent more than a decade deliberating on how, and whether, to mark a momentous new epoch in geologic time: our own. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/climate/anthropocene-age-geology.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Negotiators from around the world are meeting in Canada in an effort to halt, and reverse, staggering declines in wildlife. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/climate/crucial-talks-on-preserving-nature-are-on-now-here-are-the-key-issues.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The move appears to signal an end to the government’s effort to sell oil from a strategic reserve to help tamp down energy prices, which soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/business/energy-environment/strategic-petroleum-reserve-oil-purchase.html