Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Human-caused climate change had an impact on Australia’s wildfires, a new attribution study confirms. The 30 percent figure they calculated is a minimum. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/climate/australia-wildfires-climate-change.html
Published by the Environmental News Service ROME, Italy, March 4, 2020 (ENS) – The East Africa region now faces a hunger threat from desert locusts, along with climate shocks, conflict and acute food insecurity, top United Nations relief officials are warning, urgently advising that action now will avert a major food crisis later. Read the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After a new case emerged in Westchester, the state and the city are testing for infections and tracking possible contacts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Nancy B. Beck, who once directed science policy at the American Chemistry Council, was nominated to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which guards against dangerous products Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/climate/consumer-product-safety-commission-nancy-beck.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Years of milder temperatures have made German ice wine, produced since 1830, increasingly rare and expensive. This year, the industry body says, there will be none. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/world/europe/ice-wine-germany.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Minnesota Democrats have long relied on support from rural union towns. But debate over an oil pipeline has divided the party. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/us/minnesota-democrats-pipeline.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The apocalypse comes to Paris Fashion Week with floods at Balenciaga, a snowstorm at Thom Browne and darkness at Valentino. But you’ll look fine. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/style/Paris-fashion-week-balenciaga-valentino.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment There was almost no snow at all in February, leaving children crestfallen but commuters relieved. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/nyregion/ny-weather-snow.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An Interior Department official has pressed scientists to include misleading climate language—including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial—into their work. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/climate/goks-uncertainty-language-interior.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The former New York mayor is “a victim of the climate debate moving much faster than the positive realities he helped shape,” one analyst said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/climate/bloomberg-climate-change-coal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rebekah Mercer, whose family foundation was a major Trump donor, stepped down from the museum when her term expired in December. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/arts/design/natural-history-trustee-mercer-out.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment I was unusually devoted to an eco-friendly brand of toilet paper. When it disappeared from the market, I had to know why. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/business/tube-free-toilet-paper.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A camera technique used to spot polar bear dens in the Arctic identifies less than half of them, a new study suggests. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/climate/polar-bears-arctic-national-wildlife-reserve.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The coronavirus epidemic prompted China to permanently ban trade of wild animals as food, but not for medicinal use. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/science/coronavirus-pangolin-wildlife-ban-china.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Court of Appeal said the government failed to take its climate change commitments into account, a decision that carries global implications Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/europe/heathrow-airport-third-runway-uk.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, a contentious idea: tweaking ocean ecosystems Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Hyper-accumulating plants thrive in metallic soil that kills other vegetation, and botanists are testing the potential of phytomining. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/science/metal-plants-farm.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A $1.4 billion project to protect the Louisiana coast from subsidence and climate change is being tested in a warehouse-size lab in Massachusetts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/climate/louisiana-mississippi-river-model.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Travel to one of the most remote parts of the planet is booming. What does that mean for the environment and visitor safety? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/travel/antarctica-tourism-environment-safety.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In an unexpected move, the federal government halted a project that might have led to a multibillion-dollar barrier to protect the region from flooding. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/nyregion/sea-wall-nyc.html