Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Parts of Detroit got up to seven inches of rain. “This isn’t normal here,” an official said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/us/flooding-detroit-rain.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Many Native people were forced into the most undesirable areas of America, first by white settlers, then by the government. Now, parts of that marginal land are becoming uninhabitable. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/climate/climate-Native-Americans.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An intense heat wave is set to torment the Pacific Northwest. Many who have always done without air-conditioners are scrambling to get them now. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/us/western-heat-wave.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment But first the bad news: It’s already half over. Plus, typeface puzzles, the “Dragon Man” skull and more in the Friday edition of the Science Times Newsletter. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/science/summer-solstice-time.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Democrats hope to include climate and clean energy in a second bill. It could be Biden’s last chance to pass major global warming legislation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/climate/biden-climate-infrastructure.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration urged a court to throw out a challenge brought by tribal and environmental groups, backing a pipeline that would carry Canadian oil across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/climate/line-3-pipeline-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The British government is failing to take necessary steps to meet “historic” climate promises, an advisory panel said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/business/energy-environment/britain-climate-goals.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After a forest burns, the resulting erosion can contaminate drinking water supplies for up to a decade. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/climate/wildfire-water-quality.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Cargo vessels belch almost as much carbon into the air each year as the entire continent of South America. Modern sails could have a surprising impact. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/magazine/cargo-ships-emissions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A small but growing number of Republicans say the G.O.P. needs a coherent climate strategy and formed a “Conservative Climate Caucus” on Capitol Hill. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/climate/climate-change-republicans.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An activist investment firm won a shocking victory at Exxon Mobil. But can new directors really put the oil giant on a cleaner path? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/magazine/exxon-mobil-engine-no-1-board.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Science can now pull carbon out of the air. For that to make a difference, though, businesses need to find profitable places to put it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/magazine/interface-carpet-carbon.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Islands like the Bahamas are paying the price for wealthier nations’ emissions — an injustice crying out for a global remedy. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/magazine/climate-change-impact-bahamas.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The finding by researchers runs counter to a basic tenet of climate change — that warming increases humidity because hotter air holds more moisture. It’s also bad news for fire seasons. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/climate/climate-change-southwest-humidity.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Above the Arctic Circle, in Greenland, a new building dramatizes the impact of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/climate/Ilulissat-Icefjord-Centre-greenland-glacier-sustainable.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Ezra Klein and four environmental thinkers discuss the limits of politics in facing down the threat to the planet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/magazine/what-if-american-democracy-fails-the-climate-crisis.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The challenges of climate change are everywhere but maybe no more so than in coastal cities that face dual threats of seismic activity and rising seas. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/climate/san-francisco-sea-wall-earthquake.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Increasingly, architects and builders are thinking about how their creations affect the health of the planet. Kunle Adeyemi has built his career around that question. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/climate/architecture-environment-Kunle-Adeyemi.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment UNESCO has called on the government to quickly mitigate the effects of climate change on the natural wonder and tourist destination, but officials say they are already doing plenty. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/world/australia/unesco-great-barrier-reef-danger.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Phoenix is facing a double heat and housing crisis that is falling hardest on people who have to suffer the sun. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/us/100-degree-weather.html