Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Drought combined with extreme heat this summer have painted a dramatic picture of Europe’s drying rivers and reservoirs. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/world/europe/europe-rivers-reservoirs-drought.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wood was supposed to help the E.U. reach its renewable energy goals. But it has contributed to increased emissions and a loss of Europe’s protected woodlands. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/world/europe/europe-wood-energy-deforestatation.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Dolmen of Guadalperal, a Bronze Age stone monument newly exposed by plummeting water levels in Europe, is now imperiled by tourists. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/science/stonehenge-spain-guadalperal-archaeology.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The government said much of the infrastructure under construction to supply L.N.G. could be reused to import hydrogen, which Europe is backing as an important clean fuel of the future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/business/germany-lng-russia-green-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mikhail S. Gorbachev wrote often about issues including world affairs and climate change. He also mourned former President Ronald Reagan and the former British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/world/europe/gorbachev-op-eds-quotes.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Danube River is running so low on water that the wreckage of German warships, sunk in 1944, has resurfaced, posing a danger to local ship traffic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/world/europe/danube-river-shipwrecks-drought.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Goals of cutting nitrogen emissions by 50 percent by 2030 have caused an uproar in the Netherlands. Climate activists say the cuts are necessary to preserve nature. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/world/europe/netherlands-farmers-protests.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The dry summer has reduced hydropower in Norway, threatened nuclear reactors in France and crimped coal transport in Germany. And that’s on top of Russian gas cuts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/world/europe/drought-heat-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The announcement by the government will allow water companies to tighten conservation measures. Extreme-heat warnings have also been issued for parts of southern England and Wales. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/world/europe/uk-heat-wave-drought.html
Published by the Department of the Interior Leaders from the Interior are representing the Biden-Harris administration this week in Geneva, Switzerland at the 107th session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-leaders-highlight-biden-harris-administrations-commitment
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Shifts in travel patterns are likely to become more common in Europe, a region that climate researchers describe as a “hot spot” for severe summer heat. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/travel/heat-wave-europe.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A British ecologist, he captured imaginations with his hypothesis and was essential to today’s understanding of man-made pollutants and their effect on the climate. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/climate/james-lovelock-dead.html
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, July 24, 2022 (ENS) – The ongoing multi-country outbreak of monkeypox constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared […] The post Monkeypox Declared a Global Public Health Emergency first appeared on . Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/monkeypox-declared-a-global-public-health-emergency/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment European Union officials have called on countries in the bloc to sharply reduce their natural gas consumption. These are some of the strategies they could use. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/23/climate/energy-conservation.html
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, July 22, 2022 (ENS) – More than 14,000 cases of monkeypox in 71 countries that are Members of the World Health Organization have been reported to the organization […] The post Monkeypox Goes Viral, Spreading to Dozens of New Countries first appeared on . Read the full […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As the heat wave rolled out, it left behind fears about how Northern European cities can cope with extreme weather driven by global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/world/europe/london-heat-wave-cities.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Europe is ill prepared for extreme heat fed by global warming. For the first time on record, parts of Britain hit 40 degrees Celsius — 104 Fahrenheit — as did Paris for only the third time. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/world/europe/europe-uk-heat-record-wildfires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Contentious plans to erect a wind farm off the northeastern coast of Spain are part of a tense debate over where to locate new renewable energy projects across Europe. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/climate/spain-floating-wind-farm.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Secretary General António Guterres’ comments came as swaths of Europe faced dangerously high temperatures on Monday. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/world/europe/un-chief-suicide-warning-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As a new heat wave bakes the French capital and the rest of Europe, critics say that plans to make the city greener have led to the felling of trees essential to combating rising temperatures. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/world/europe/paris-trees-global-warming.html