Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The number of ships that can travel through the vital route has fallen sharply this year because of a lack of water for the locks, raising costs and slowing deliveries. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/business/economy/panama-canal-drought-shipping.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Billions of dollars in new U.S. funding won’t be enough Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/climate/its-all-about-the-grid.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Highland Fire in Southern California, fueled in part by the Santa Ana winds, was zero percent contained as of Tuesday morning. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/us/highland-fire-california.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The decision comes as other projects to build wind farms along the Atlantic Coast have run into trouble. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/climate/biden-wind-farm-virginia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A simulation suggests that fine particles played a stronger role in cooling the planet and stalling photosynthesis after an asteroid impacted the Earth. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/science/dinosaur-extinction-dust.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius would be harder than ever, new calculations show, but less ambitious targets are still in reach. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/climate/carbon-budget-paris-agreement.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment America’s electric grids may need to expand by two-thirds by 2035 to handle future growth in clean energy, the agency said. The nation isn’t on track. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/climate/energy-department-electric-grid.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The container shipping lines that carry the bulk of global trade are betting on greener technologies, but there are still reasons those wagers could fail. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/business/economy/shipping-climate-change-green-fuel.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Tata Steel wants to close polluting blast furnaces in Port Talbot, Wales, but employees worry that their jobs will go, too. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/business/tata-port-talbot-steel-emissions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Reams of rules govern how the best French cheeses are made, but hotter, drier summers may unshackle struggling producers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/world/europe/french-cheese-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Hurricane experts were shocked by how quickly the storm intensified. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/climate/nightmare-hurricane-otis-developed-in-a-flash.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some are stubborn optimists. Others struggle with despair. Their faces show the weight they carry as they witness the impact of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/magazine/extinction-species-scientists-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Representative Mike Johnson comes from Louisiana oil country and has said he does not believe burning fossil fuels is changing the climate. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/climate/mike-johnson-climate-policies.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Explosive reactions to the proposal, which would limit drilling, show how the president’s climate policies are crashing into walls in some oil and gas states. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/climate/wyoming-conservation-drilling-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas assets, betting that the International Energy Agency’s predictions of declining oil demand are wrong. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/business/energy-environment/exxon-chevron-oil-mergers-peak.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The California governor is on a weeklong visit to China aimed at negotiating climate partnerships. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/world/asia/gavin-newsom-china-xi.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In her most recent book, “The Comfort of Crows,” Renkl puts her admirable powers of perception to use, offering readers respite, and reason for hope, in a turbulent world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/books/booksupdate/margaret-renkl-comfort-crows.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The largest trees on the planet can’t easily ‘migrate’ — but in a warming world, some humans are helping them try to find new homes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/magazine/redwoods-assisted-migration.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Peak fossil fuel use may be only a few years away. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/climate/clean-energys-powerful-momentum.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Endless evacuations, unimaginable smoke and heat, 45 million acres burned — is this the nation’s new normal? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/magazine/canada-wildfires.html