Published by The New York Times Science & Environment There were only about 72,000 bald eagles in the lower 48 states in 2009. Researchers say the population is now above 300,000. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/climate/how-many-bald-eagles-united-states.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Public transit offers a simple way for cities to lower greenhouse gas emissions, but the pandemic has pushed ridership, and revenue, off a cliff in many big systems. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/climate/buses-trains-ridership-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The National Academies said the United States must study technologies that would artificially cool the planet by blocking sunlight, citing the lack of progress fighting global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/climate/geoengineering-sunlight.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A queasiness has set in among some people who have made ads promoting fossil fuels. One executive likened the shift to the ad industry’s move away from tobacco. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/business/media/climate-ad-agencies-fossil-fuels.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A key conservation group counted the continent’s elephants as two species for the first time, highlighting the dire threat to forest elephants. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/science/elephants-africa-endangered.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Matt Leacock, the inventor of the hit board game Pandemic, has spent the past year making a game about an even weightier subject. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/arts/matt-leacock-climate-crisis-pandemic.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Democrats hope to wipe out some of the executive-branch policies enacted in the last days of the Trump administration. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/us/politics/senate-democrats-climate-change-rule.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Pescatarians take note: Farmed fish are eating more veggies and less wild fish, according to new research. That’s good news for nature. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/climate/salmon-vegetarian-fish.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The agency said it would carry out an accounting of political interference in science, an usually public act that Biden administration officials said was needed to restore trust in the agency’s decisions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/climate/trump-science-epa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president’s plan, worth up to $4 trillion, represents a fundamental shift in the way Democrats talk about tackling climate change: It’s no longer a side issue. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/climate/biden-infrastructure-stimulus-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In Houston’s poorest neighborhoods, an unfamiliar winter storm stoked a familiar anguish, one fueled by recurring floods and what residents see as a pattern of neglect. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/us/texas-winter-storm-hurricane-harvey-houston.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Companies are trying to prove that conservation, sustainable fishing and carbon sequestration are profitable. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/climate/ocean-blue-economy-business.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A pair of proposals would invest in infrastructure, education, work force development and fighting climate change, with the aim of making the economy more productive. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/business/biden-infrastructure-spending.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The proposal being prepared by the White House is intended to begin grappling with a number of big issues that President Biden focused on during the campaign. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/us/politics/biden-infrastructure-climate-equality.html
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, March 22, 2021 (ENS) – Clean drinkable water is rare and precious. Of the waters that cover 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, roughly 97 percent is the salt water of the oceans; just three percent is freshwater. Of that, only 1.2 percent can be […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a country that suffered the harshest wildfires in its recorded history just a year ago, the deluge has become another awful milestone. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/world/australia/australia-floods.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Desecrated by plunderers, threatened by floodwaters and largely overshadowed by their Egyptian counterparts, Sudan’s ancient archaeological sites may finally be poised to receive broader recognition. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/travel/sudan-archaeology-meroe.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Senate leader is objecting to a plan that would raise costs for some of his constituents by bringing flood insurance rates in line with climate risks. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/climate/chuck-schumer-fema-flood-insurance.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The report also found that strategically conserving some marine areas would not only safeguard imperiled species but sequester vast amounts planet-warming carbon dioxide, too. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/climate/climate-change-oceans.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With climate concerns growing, steel companies face an inevitable crunch. ArcelorMittal sees solutions, but the costs are likely to run into tens of billions of dollars in Europe alone. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/business/steel-emissions-arcelor-mittal.html