Climate and Environment

The decision is a setback for a Biden administration strategy for protecting minority communities with numerous polluting industries nearby.

By Lisa Friedman

Decades of pumping have allowed saltwater to threaten the aquifers that supply many communities, including Long Beach and Great Neck.

By Christopher Flavelle

The Harris campaign isn’t offering details on climate policy but is framing the fight to protect the environment as one of patriotism.

By Lisa Friedman

Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild.

By Jim Robbins

As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities.

By Kate Selig

A former Greenpeace official, he drew on his command of environmental subjects to persuade his bosses at the cable channel to cover climate issues.

By Trip Gabriel

A new study suggests that estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic.

By Manuela Andreoni

The most effective ones tend to combine several emissions-cutting strategies, not a stand-alone approach, according to an examination of 1,500 policies globally.

By Austyn Gaffney

In a new book, geologist Paul Bierman recounts the moment he found astonishing evidence that Greenland’s ice sheet had melted in the ancient past.

By Emily Anthes

At Wethersfield Estate, in upstate New York, restoring the formal gardens involves dealing with emboldened pests and pathogens — but carefully, so visitors don’t see.

By Margaret Roach

Hoping to leave a place better than you found it? Here’s what to look for when signing up for a program that combines purpose with travel.

By Elaine Glusac

Three of the ads frame Biden-Harris policies in terms of their economic, rather than environmental, benefits.

By Maggie Astor

One of the nation’s largest coal-fueled electric plants is being replaced with thousands of acres of solar panels and a test of long-duration batteries.

By Ivan Penn and Tim Gruber

Groups of Mennonites, seeking inexpensive land far from modern life, are carving out new colonies in the Amazon. They are also raising fears that they are adding to the deforestation of the vital jungle.

By Mitra Taj and Marco Garro

In Rodanthe, N.C., seven homes have been lost to the ocean in the last four years, as rising sea levels erode shorelines and put more buildings at risk.

By Kate Selig

Like most countries, the U.S. has no comprehensive national system for monitoring disease in companion animals — which leaves pets and people at risk.

By Emily Anthes

It’s a quiet force that contributes to a sameness across the country and to climate change.

By Emily Badger

Indoor cooling has transformed American life, reshaping homes, skylines and where people choose to live. As the planet warms, is that sustainable?

By Michael Barbaro, Emily Badger, Shannon M. Lin, Diana Nguyen, Michael Simon Johnson, Devon Taylor, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, Rowan Niemisto, Will Reid and Alyssa Moxley

The shift occurred as the cost of wind power and other renewable energy is rapidly declining and coal is being pushed out by natural gas.

By Minho Kim

The island’s frail electrical system struggled as the storm passed on Wednesday.

By Patricia Mazzei

In corners of the internet — and in wooded, undeveloped parts of the country — young men are documenting their efforts to to live off the land.

By Jack Crosbie

After decades raising hogs in Iowa, they wanted a way out of factory farming. Their solution was a return to nature, and a lot of mushrooms.

By Cara Buckley

Children today face many more extreme weather hazards that can undermine global gains in education.

By Somini Sengupta

Old Timer, a male first photographed in 1972, was spotted last month near Alaska, enduring in the Pacific Ocean while some other humpbacks have struggled in a changing environment.

By Emily Anthes

Ailton Krenak was a child when his family was forced to leave their land in Brazil. Now, as a writer, he advocates for a path forward that looks to nature and inherited wisdom.

By Manuela Andreoni

In the wake of a drought that hampered shipping, the Panama Canal’s overseers are eager to expand water storage. Climate change leaves them no choice.

By Peter S. Goodman and Federico Rios

Extreme rainfall made 10 percent heavier by human-caused climate change triggered landslides that killed hundreds, according to a new study.

By Austyn Gaffney

Economic, climate and technology woes are weighing on young adults, a report finds. It recommends overhauling how we approach mental health care.

By Christina Caron

In a conversation on X, Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk spoke for a bit about climate change. Here’s what they got wrong and what they got right.

By Brad Plumer and Raymond Zhong

The delicate balance of one of the planet’s largest natural systems for storing carbon depends on the humble black spruce tree.

By Manuela Andreoni, Bryan Denton and Veronica Penney

A new study shows how deadly warming can be, and how behavioral and social changes can reduce mortality.

By Austyn Gaffney

We’ve got the dirt on what the devices actually do, and what they don’t.

By Elizabeth Anne Brown

Horses, bulls and birds of all types live among the pink marshes of the Camargue, a rugged landscape shaped by the relentless push and pull of sea and river.

By Alexis Steinman

To supply water for a number of needs, from tourism to agriculture, the country and other dry nations are increasingly relying on desalination plants that convert seawater into fresh water.

By Stanley Reed and Rachel Chaundler

In some fast-growing Sun Belt cites, “the overnight lows kind of sneak up on you.”

By Ronda Kaysen and Aatish Bhatia

An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming.

By Somini Sengupta and Matthew Abbott

Tropical Storm Debby brought intense rainfall and flooding threats to North Carolina this week, highlighting the vulnerability of hog lagoons and wastewater treatment plants.

By Austyn Gaffney

The agency’s new forecast predicts that as many as 24 named tropical storms could form between June 1 and Nov. 30.

By Austyn Gaffney

Households claimed more than $8 billion in climate-friendly tax credits last year, according to new data. Here’s who benefited and where.

By Nadja Popovich

Last month was slightly less hot than the record-breaking July 2023, but the year is still likely to be the hottest ever, according to European climate scientists.

By Austyn Gaffney

The rapidly spreading fire has consumed over 427,000 acres since it started burning in late July.

By Kate Selig and Soumya Karlamangla

Many struggled to find housing and work after the wildfire destroyed the seaside town on Maui last year. But they have faced new hardships.

By Tim Arango, Ana Facio-Krajcer and Jill Cowan

Natural gas has traded at negative prices for weeks at a time in West Texas, where pipelines often lack the capacity to get the fuel to places that need it.

By Rebecca F. Elliott

The suspension of congestion pricing has put off critically needed repairs to New York City’s transit network. Experts say the system hangs by a thread.

By Ana Ley

The heating of the planet is increasing the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. That helps to load hurricanes and other storms with more water.

By Raymond Zhong

A new study found that temperatures in the Coral Sea have reached their highest levels in at least four centuries.

By Catrin Einhorn

Minnesota’s governor, Vice President Harris’s new running mate, has put forth one of the most ambitious climate agendas in the country.

By Manuela Andreoni

Tropical Storm Debby was only briefly a Category 1 hurricane. But a rating can never fully capture how destructive a storm can be.

By Raymond Zhong

The herbicide, used widely on crops including broccoli and onions, can cause low birth weight and impaired brain development, regulators said.

By Hiroko Tabuchi

Kamala Harris’s V.P. pick, known for his folksy persona and rural Midwestern roots, has elevated the issue of climate change in his state.

By Coral Davenport

There are palms, of course. But the city has one of the most diverse urban forests in the world and each neighborhood has its own characteristic plantings. Just follow the greenery.

By Danielle Pergament

On National Oyster Day, the River Project celebrates a colossal oyster in New York Harbor.

By James Barron

Nearly 90 large fires are raging across the United States, intensifying this year’s fire season. The forecast shows no sign of letting up.

By Claire Moses

A usually solidly Democratic vote, Native American voters across the state say they feel increasingly left out of the conversation and are looking for change.

By Jack Healy, Mark Boyer, Kassie Bracken, Noah Throop and Desiree Rios

The international agency charged with regulating seabed mining elected a U.N. environmental regulator to replace a leader accused of too-close industry ties.

By Eric Lipton

The oil company, which already has extensive operations in Texas, has been at odds with California’s elected leaders over the state’s climate and energy policies.

By Rebecca F. Elliott

Azerbaijan last week convened a special meeting of climate diplomats at a remote resort. A Times reporter was there.

By Max Bearak and Nanna Heitmann

In Azerbaijan, the causes and effects of climate change are on vivid display and the painful trade-offs needed to fight it are acutely felt.

By Max Bearak and Nanna Heitmann

Critics say even researching the idea is dangerous.

By David Gelles

Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors, a senator concerned by extreme heat and drought, and the current Transportation Secretary.

By Austyn Gaffney

Infections, which can cause fever and fatigue, tend to peak in August and September.

By Priyanka Runwal

David Keith wants to spray a pollutant into the sky to block some sunlight. He says the benefits would outweigh the danger.

By David Gelles

The small city where the renowned Dutch cheese is traded is subsiding as sea levels rise. Experts say the industry may not survive there, even with the ingenuity of the country’s water managers.

By Nina Siegal

The new images of the melting underside of an ice shelf could help scientists better forecast how the continent is contributing to rising sea levels.

By Raymond Zhong

The death toll has steadily risen in Kerala state after heavy rain sent huge mudslides through a scenic area known as a tourist destination.

By Anupreeta Das, Pragati K.B. and Hari Kumar

As part of its crusade against consumerism, an unorthodox New York church urges action to preserve the Earth.

By Cara Buckley

Years of digging pipes and cisterns, and more than $1 billion, were required to make the Seine River clean enough to host the races. Two French athletes won medals.

By Catherine Porter

Wildfires, driven by climate change, have become more intense and frequent, but scientists are still trying to understand larger patterns.

By Manuela Andreoni

Temperatures were expected to reach near 90 degrees on Tuesday, unusually warm for the region. The government issued a health alert for vulnerable groups.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor, Jenny Gross and Isabella Kwai

Energy companies say a labor shortage is one big obstacle to installing more solar power. They’re turning to machines to speed things up.

By Brad Plumer

The blaze, now the fifth-largest in state history, has been fed by exceptionally dry vegetation following more than a month of extreme heat in California.

By Austyn Gaffney and Isabelle Taft

In the carrot-versus-stick debate, fees and fines have dominated the conversation. But some destinations’ new policies aim to reward tourists who behave responsibly.

By Elaine Glusac

There are some important things to know about dealing with stressed plants. For starters, don’t prune them — and don’t fertilize, either.

By Margaret Roach

The brainy machines are predicting global weather patterns with new speed and precision, doing in minutes and seconds what once took hours.

By William J. Broad

The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly for people.

By Catrin Einhorn

A multibillion-dollar effort to build the first in a new generation of American nuclear power plants is underway outside a small town in Wyoming.

By Sabrina Tavernise, Brad Plumer, Alex Stern, Diana Nguyen, Sydney Harper, Shannon M. Lin, Lexie Diao, Brendan Klinkenberg, Rowan Niemisto, Pat McCusker and Chris Wood

They can be, but it depends on your driving habits. We break it down for you.

By Jack Ewing

Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations.

By Melissa Eddy

After a period of openly using movies to display progressive values, studios seem to be heeding a message from many ticket buyers: Just entertain us.

By Brooks Barnes

A growing cohort of young farmers is experimenting with ways to mitigate the impact of flooding and other extreme weather.

By Jenna Russell