Published by the Environmental News Service MADRID, Spain, December 3, 2019 (ENS) – The 25th annual UN Climate Change Conference, COP25, opened Monday in Madrid with many delegates sharing a sense of urgency to make progress on climate action before the Paris Climate Agreement comes into force next year. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/12/03/cop25-rescue-of-earths-climate-hangs-in-the-balance/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A California commission’s findings in the state’s deadliest fire could make a path out of bankruptcy and probation much harder. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/energy-environment/pge-camp-fire-report.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The former lobbyist becomes President Trump’s second energy secretary, succeeding Rick Perry. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/climate/dan-brouillette-energy-secretary.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With life-size sand sculptures on Miami Beach, the artist Leandro Erlich hopes to force people to face the dangers of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/arts/leandro-erlich-artist-Miami-Beach.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment His new novel, “Dead Astronauts,” is a phantasmagoric pastiche set in a post-climate-change future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/books/review/dead-astronauts-jeff-vandermeer.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rusty rocks left over from some of our planet’s most extreme ice ages hint at oases for survival beneath the freeze. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/science/snowball-earth-ice-age.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Federally funded programs use games, gardens and rain barrels to empower adults and kids facing threats like sea-level rise, drought and flooding. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/well/family/climate-change-resilience-education.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Images of the young activist from Sweden set off a whole movement. But her actions speak louder than a picture ever could. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/opinion/darren-aronofsky-greta-thunberg-climate.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Shade in Los Angeles sits at the intersection of two crises: climate change and income inequality. City officials are rushing to deploy cover to hundreds of bus stops and plant 90,000 trees. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/us/los-angeles-shade-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The actor and environmentalist released a statement on Saturday after President Jair Bolsonaro falsely accused him of funding the fires recently set in the Amazon rainforest. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/world/americas/Jair-bolsonaro-amazon-fires-Leonardo-DiCaprio.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment John Kerry and a group that includes some Republicans, some military members and a lot of Hollywood, are launching a new coalition to push for public action on climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/climate/john-kerry-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In one case, discovering that autoworkers shared the same diseases, she pinpointed the cause as chemicals in the factories — not, as was thought, cigarettes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/health/dr-janette-sherman-dead.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment UEFA has taken steps to counter the carbon footprint of a sprawling European championship next summer. But is the game avoiding a difficult question? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/sports/soccer-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Ocean temperatures are on the rise and warming waters are causing fish to swim for their lives, causing financial disruption and international conflicts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/climate/climate-change-ocean-fish-iceland.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A melting block of sculpted ice stood in for a missing prime minister at a televised debate, infuriating Conservatives. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/world/europe/ice-sculpture-uk-debate.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, better weather forecasts for the masses Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-shopping.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, November 26, 2019 (ENS) – Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization, WMO. This continuing long-term trend means that future generations will be confronted with increasingly severe impacts of climate change… Read the full […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers developed a physics-based model to explain how the structures on cave floors take so many different forms. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/science/stalagmites-physics-caves.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Claims that koalas were “functionally extinct” spread widely online as fires raged in Australia. But some scientists warned of the dangers of exaggeration. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/world/australia/koala-fires-functionally-extinct.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Countries agreed to rein in emissions in an effort to avert climate catastrophes. They’ve failed, according to the latest United Nations report. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/climate/greenhouse-gas-emissions-carbon.html?emc=rss&partner=rss