Greta Thunberg Ends Her School Strikes After 251 Weeks

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The climate activist, who has inspired young people around the world to demand action against climate change, graduated from high school on Friday in Sweden. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/world/europe/greta-thunberg-graduates-activism.html

Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A $5 billion plan to desalinate seawater in Mexico and pipe it to Phoenix is testing the notion that desert cities can keep growing as the Earth warm. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/climate/arizona-desalination-water-climate.html

What to Know About Canada’s Exceptional Wildfire Season

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wild fires started earlier, are higher in number and spread across much of the country, burning millions of acres as climate change turns more of the country’s forest into a tinderbox. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/canada-wildfires-what-to-know.html

Canadian Wildfires Are Burning Where They Rarely Have Before

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Of the more than 400 fires burning in Canada, more than one-third are in Quebec, which has little experience with so many and such large wildfires. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/world/canada/quebec-canada-wildfires-locations.html

What Happens When the Air Quality Index Surpasses 500?

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The toxic air in the United States this week has flirted with the upper range of the 500-point scale. In the past decade, there have been times when the air quality was even worse. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/climate/air-quality-index-500.html

Where the GOP Presidential Candidates Stand on Climate Change

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment While many of them acknowledge that climate change is real, they largely downplay the issue and reject policies that would slow rising temperatures. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/us/politics/wildfires-republicans-climate-change.html

Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists have long warned that global warming will increase the chance of severe wildfires like those burning across Canada and heat waves like the one smothering Puerto Rico. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/climate/canada-wildfires-smoke-extreme-weather.html

New York City Residents Will Soon Have to Compost Their Food Scraps

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The City Council is set to pass a bill on Thursday requiring New Yorkers to separate their food waste from regular trash, with mandatory composting coming to all five boroughs by next year. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/nyregion/food-composting-nyc.html

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