Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a year racked by crises, many important issues have been overshadowed. Times readers weighed in on what they want the candidates to address. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/politics/debate-topics-trump-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, voters in Colorado decide on protections for wolves. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/climate/what-cows-eat-affects-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/climate/beef-cattle-methane.html
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, October 20, 2020 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed to rule on whether the Trump administration must stop building sections of the southern border wall with Mexico. The administration is appealing a lower court decision that it illegally diverted money appropriated by Congress for military […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With the price of a barrel stuck around $40 and no recovery in sight, companies are combining to cut costs and ride out the pandemic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/business/energy-environment/conocophillips-concho-oil-merger.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Issues like climate change, economic inequity and access to food have brought more attention to this creamy fruit and its resilient tree. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/dining/pawpaw-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Honker Divide Canoe Route draws intrepid travelers through the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest. But the lifting of logging restrictions may indelibly alter its character. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/travel/tongass-national-forest-alaska.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Search-and-rescue efforts were underway after a landslide in the central province of Quang Tri, resulting in what may be the country’s greatest military loss in peacetime. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/world/asia/vietnam-landslide.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Botanists have laid out evidence that dozens of North American trees, herbs, plants and shrubs have gone extinct since European settlers arrived. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/science/plants-extinction-north-america.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Farmers in Mexico ambushed soldiers and seized a dam to stop water payments to the United States, in a sign of growing conflict over increasingly scarce resources. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/world/americas/mexico-water-boquilla-dam.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer numerous questions, but it was her avoidance of acknowledging climate change that particularly resonated. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/climate/amy-coney-barrett-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The most widespread drought in the continental United States since 2013 covers more than 45 percent of the Lower 48 states, federal scientists said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/climate/noaa-climate-call-drought.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Every fall, air pollution spikes in India. Doctors worry what it will mean for coronavirus patients with breathing problems. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/world/asia/india-covid-pollution.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Tesla Model S and the Porsche Taycan give environmentally conscious speedsters an outlet for their desires. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/business/electric-supercars-porsche-taycan-tesla.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers in Australia blamed climate change for the loss, which they said could diminish critical habitats for fish and other marine life. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/climate/great-barrier-reef-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment It conveys electricity in the climate of a crisp fall day, but only under pressures comparable to what you’d find closer to Earth’s core. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/science/superconductor-room-temperature.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Returning strategic parts of the world’s farmlands to nature could help mitigate both climate change and biodiversity loss, a new study found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/climate/biodiversity-farmland-extinction.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The program, part of the company’s larger efforts to combat climate change, will be available in 27 countries, but not the United States. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/business/ikea-buy-back-furniture.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, how to make Halloween less wasteful. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/climate/fracking-and-the-election.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some coronavirus vaccines rely on a shark-based product, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get immunized. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/science/sharks-vaccines-covid-squalene.html