Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wildfires are spreading across California, Washington and Oregon at an astonishing rate. Here is what you need to know about how they started and what you can do to protect yourself from the smoke. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/wildfires-california-oregon-washington.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Once a reliable vaccine exists, it won’t stop the pandemic unless most people are willing to take it. Economics provides a solution. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/business/pay-people-vaccine-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, the former E.P.A. chiefs backing Biden Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-california-wildfires.html
Published by the Environmental News Service EUGENE, Oregon, September 8, 2020 (ENS) – Smoke filled the air in this university city on Tuesday, turning the sky orange and the sun red, as it did across much of the U.S. West. Thousands of firefighters are battling raging wildfires driven by extreme heat and hot, gusty winds […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A report commissioned by President Trump’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued dire warnings about climate change’s impact on financial markets. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/climate/climate-change-financial-markets.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As fires spread through California during a global pandemic, read some of our past coverage about what’s causing them and what might help contain them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/climate/california-wildfires-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump traveled to Florida to declare himself “a great environmentalist,” extending a moratorium on offshore oil drilling that his administration had moved to end. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/us/politics/trump-drilling-environment-florida.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Temperatures plunged more than 50 degrees overnight as an Arctic air mass drove into the Denver area, bringing a very early winter storm on Tuesday. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/us/denver-snow-weather.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Los Angeles County set a new high temperature as a cooling sea breeze remained trapped offshore, according to the National Weather Service. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/california-weather.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment About 20 people were injured in the Creek Fire, which broke out Friday in the Sierra National Forest and consumed more than 35,000 acres. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/mammoth-pools-fires-california.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Since finding the first crater in 2014, Russian scientists have documented 16 more explosions in the Arctic caused by gas trapped in thawing permafrost. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/world/europe/russia-arctic-eruptions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The blazes in Brazil, often intentionally set, have scorched a record-setting 10 percent of the Pantanal, one of the most biologically diverse habitats on the planet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/world/americas/brazil-wetlands-fires-pantanal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New research challenges the assumption that bulls become redundant in elephant society after breeding. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/science/male-elephants-bulls.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Record-breaking temperatures are expected across the western United States. They might be followed by wind that could worsen fires in California, or storms that could bring snow in Colorado. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/us/california-heat-wave.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A majority support outright bans on construction in disaster-prone areas, as well as paying people to move, researchers say — policies that local governments have been reluctant to adopt. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/climate/flood-fire-building-restrictions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists have rebuilt the population of Burmese roofed turtles to nearly 1,000 individuals and counting. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/science/burmese-roofed-turtle-myanmar-extinction.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When demand exceeded supply in a recent heat wave, electricity stored at businesses and even homes was called into service. With proper management, batteries could have made up for an offline gas plant. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/business/energy-environment/california-electricity-blackout-battery.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The leg warmers. Barbarella. The Vietnam War. Tom Hayden and Ted Turner. And she’s not done yet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/style/jane-fonda-maureen-dowd.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, a quiz: How well can you gauge your personal contribution to climate change? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/climate/schools-climate-curriculum.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Insurers, facing huge losses, have been pulling back from fire-prone areas across California. “The marketplace has largely collapsed,” an advocate for counties in the state said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/climate/wildfires-insurance.html