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From sharky shores and starving seabirds to droughts, wildfires, and floods.
From sharky shores and starving seabirds to droughts, wildfires, and floods.
Saudi Arabia had found a workaround for the Strait of Hormuz. Then the Houthis showed up.
The wildfires sweeping France and Spain this week are the largest blazes either country has faced in modern history.
The latest in Climate
A deal like this has been in the works for years. Experts fear it could spark a new arms race.
Climate adaptation isn’t surrender. It’s survival.
The Trump administration’s twisted definition of one word is putting hundreds of rare animals at risk.
David Wallace-Wells on the climate test ahead of us.
The US slashed air pollution over the past 60 years. But on Thursday, US cities suffered some of the world’s worst air.
And it reveals a big problem with the nation’s approach to saving endangered species.
My extreme self-sacrifice is making me resent my friends who fly all the time.
Your leather purse might put out as much carbon as 35 hamburgers. But the alternative doesn’t have to be junky pleather!
I asked philosophy and an environmental scientist — here’s what they say.
As heat waves strain the power grid, passive cooling can help homes stay safer when the air goes out.
Oceans absorb our climate sins; now, they are heating up, too.
Air conditioning is not a moral failure.
The world seems filled with toxic substances. What do we do about it?
4 scientists explain why the Reflecting Pool may be green instead of blue on July 4.
It’s so hot that France is restricting alcohol.
Scientists are trying to make mosquitoes less terrible — but not to eradicate them.
Your gas could be a lot more expensive right now. Thank Xi Jinping.
The climate transition needs more mining. But does it need this mine?
The world’s biggest sporting event has been heating up.
The world’s “eyes and ears of the ocean” monitor storms, climate, and biodiversity. Now they’re being “descoped.”
It starts with setting up big bug traps in two of the city’s most iconic parks.
New York City is full of undiscovered animal species. This summer, we’ll be looking for them.
The contradiction at the core of big-money environmental giving.
There are more than 400 National Park Service sites. Here are some of the hidden gems.
Coal’s century at the top of the world’s power mix is over.
What comes next will depend on us.
Climate expert Matt Huber explains why Democrats should focus on other issues.
And the summer crowds are coming.
Scientists say they’ve found more than 1,100 new marine species over the last year, emphasizing how unexplored the ocean really is.
No bunker required: Your guide to prepping for natural disasters, pandemics, and more when you live in a city.
“Weather whiplash” is fueling blazes across Florida and the region.
Extreme heat is already wiping out soy, coffee, berries, and Christmas trees. Farm animals and humans are suffering too.
Yes, it hurts to be human right now. That’s actually the assignment.
The city is part of “the most physically vulnerable coastline in the world.”
Glycol vapors, explained.
From taxes on nicotine to hotel rooms, states are looking for ways to pay the skyrocketing bill.
El Niño is coming. And its impacts may last far longer than it does.
What you didn’t know about Mennonites, soy, and Bolivia.
The link between gun sales and conservation, explained.
