Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, August 12, 2019 (ENS) – In an attack on imperiled wildlife, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Commerce’s National Marine Fisheries Service today released the final changes to three proposed rules of the Endangered Species Act, ESA. Read the full […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Trump administration announced far-reaching revisions to the Endangered Species Act, which was first enacted in 1973. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/climate/endangered-species-act-changes.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The food production system accounts for up to a third of greenhouse gas emissions. But if agriculture is done right, experts say, it can actually be a climate change solution. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/climate/climate-change-food.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service MANAUS, Brazil, August 9, 2019 (ENS) – A new species of marmoset has been discovered in the southwest of Brazil’s Pará state in an area of the Amazon that has suffered extensive illegal logging and agricultural conversion. The destruction is happening, the researchers say, “even within federal conservation units and […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A revised prediction from federal forecasters sees the potential for as many as 17 named storms this hurricane season, four of which may be major. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/climate/noaa-hurricane-forecast.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As rising temperatures drastically reshape Iceland’s landscape, businesses and the government are spending millions for survival and profit. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/business/iceland-ice-melt-global-warming-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment America’s lawns represent the pride of homeownership and community. But maintaining them risks contributing to climate change. So why do we even have lawns in the first place? We traced their history. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000006542254/climate-change-lawns.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, August 8, 2019 (ENS) – Climate change is pressuring all four pillars of the world’s food security: availability (yield and production), access (prices and ability to obtain food), utilization (nutrition and cooking), and stability (disruptions to availability), finds a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The world’s land is being exploited at an “unprecedented” rate, a United Nations report on climate change warns, putting pressure on food production and amplifying the risk of mass migration. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/climate/climate-change-food-supply.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, life as a young, conservative climate advocate. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-swap.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Astead W. Herndon, a politics reporter, answered questions on Reddit about his reporting on the Sunrise Movement’s Democratic pressure campaign. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/reader-center/sunrise-movement-astead-herndon-ama.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, August 6, 2019 (ENS) – Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Washington, DC top the latest energy-efficiency scorecard from the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), which ranks the progress of 75 large U.S. cities. U.S. cities are accelerating their clean energy efforts with […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment European climate researchers said Monday that last month was the hottest month ever recorded, slightly eclipsing the previous record-holder, July 2016. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/climate/july-hottest-month-climate.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service BEERSHEBA, Israel, August 5, 2019 (ENS) – The Negev Desert, which covers half of Israel’s landmass, is so dry that parts of it get less than three inches of water a year; so dry it is called hyperarid. Yet today, there is still water in an aquifer beneath the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Lake Hopatcong, normally buzzing with swimmers and water skiers, is filled with cyanobacteria in quantities never before recorded. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/nyregion/lake-hopatcong-algae.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For those who recently attended a debate camp, the Democratic debates were not a chance to undercut rivals or wring donations but something else: a lesson plan. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/us/politics/2020-debate-students.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Global warming is shrinking the permanently frozen ground across Siberia, disrupting everyday life in one of the coldest inhabited places on earth. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/world/europe/russia-siberia-yakutia-permafrost-global-warming.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president claimed a government monitoring agency had released deforestation data with the intent to harm Brazil’s image abroad, a decision that incited protests from environmental organizations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/world/americas/bolsonaro-amazon-deforestation-galvao.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With advances in synthetic biology, researchers and entrepreneurs strive to create cows’ milk without cows. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/science/lab-grown-milk.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The four-day hot spell was rare for France and the Netherlands, researchers say, but it used to be a lot rarer. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/02/climate/european-heatwave-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss