Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In California, the president blamed forest management for the fires: This is your morning tip sheet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/politics/trump-biden-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Daniel Yergin’s “The New Map” is a comprehensive look at the world of energy, its past, present and future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/books/review/the-future-of-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In his new book, the journalist and co-founder of Vox argues that dramatic population growth could revitalize the nation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/books/review/one-billion-americans-matthew-yglesias.html
Published by the Environmental News Service JUNEAU, Alaska, September 14, 2020 (ENS) – The Trump administration has announced plans for a timber sale that would destroy more than 5,100 acres of old-growth habitat in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. At 16.7 million acres, the Tongass is the largest intact temperate rainforest left on […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump and Joe Biden can both point to advantages in our new poll of Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/politics/nyt-poll-takeaways.html
Published by the Environmental News Service DURHAM, North Carolina, September 14, 2020 (ENS) – Interactive software that reads and analyzes footprints left by black rhinoceroses can be used to monitor the movements of the critically endangered animals in the wild, giving conservationists a new way to keep watch on the species and help keep them […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Open water and rain, rather than ice and snow, are becoming typical of the region, a new study has found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/climate/arctic-changing-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Eight months after blazes devastated a wide swath of Australia, the most battered communities are trying to burn their way to safety as another fire season approaches. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/world/australia/bush-fires-preventive-burns.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A president who has mocked climate change and pushed policies that accelerate it is set to be briefed on the scorched earth and ash-filled skies that experts say are the predictable result. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/politics/california-fires-trump-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Conservation efforts have saved up to 48 mammal and bird species since 1993, but scientists say much more is needed to stem biodiversity loss. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/science/extinction-species-conservation.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At a meeting last year, industry leaders contradicted public claims that emissions of climate-warming methane are under control Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/climate/methane-natural-gas-flaring.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The northwest part of the state, usually much wetter, has dried out this year, enabling flames driven by powerful winds to “just explode down these canyons.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/climate/oregon-wildfires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment If climate change was a somewhat abstract notion a decade ago, today it is all too real for Californians fleeing wildfires and smothered in a blanket of smoke, the worst year of fires on record. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/climate-change-california-wildfires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wildfire smoke spreads misery, including health problems, far beyond fire zones. We have key facts and tips. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/climate/california-smoke-wildfires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Golf homes, like the courses themselves, are getting more environmentally conscious as climate change threats grow in golf-friendly territory. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/realestate/green-golf-homes.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The payoffs go far beyond a better view of the glittering stars above. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/climate/golf-dark-sky-movement.html
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, September 10, 2020 (ENS) – Already at their highest levels in three million years, greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere continue to increase, lockdowns around the world to slow the spread of the pandemic coronavirus have forced vehicles to stay parked, making way for clearer skies – […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate forecasters said the pattern would affect weather across the globe. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/climate/la-nina-southwest-drought.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Against the backdrop of climate change, the delicate underwater ecology of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands is hurting from declines in otters. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/science/otters-sea-urchins-alaska.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The blazes scorching the West highlight the urgency of rethinking fire management policies, as climate change threatens to make things worse. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/climate/wildfires-climate-policy.html