New York Times - Climate Section
'Discomfort May Increase’: Asia’s Heat Wave Scorches Hundreds of Millions
April is typically hot in South and Southeast Asia, but temperatures this month have been unusually high. Saif Hasnat reported from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Mike Ives from Seoul. Hundreds of millions of people in South and Southeast Asia were suffering on Monday from a punishing heat wave that has...
At a national park in Virginia on Monday, the president will point to investments in clean energy and appear with future members of his American Climate Corps. Reporting from Washington President Biden will travel to a national park in Virginia on Monday, Earth Day, to spotlight his clean energy...
Washington Post - Climate and Environment
In sunny California, solar panels are everywhere. They sit in dry, desert landscapes in the Central Valley and are scattered over rooftops in Los Angeles’s urban center. By last count, the state had nearly 47 gigawatts of solar power installed - enough to power 13.9 million homes and provide...
Heavy rains continued to batter southern China on Monday, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes as rescuers raced to evacuate those trapped by flooding and locate at least 11 missing residents. The historic levels of rain across Guangdong province have come earlier than the...
PHYS.ORG - Earth
Europe suffered record number of 'extreme heat stress' days in 2023: Monitors
Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday, underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly summers across the continent. In a year of contrasting extremes, Europe witnessed scorching heat waves but also catastrophic flooding,...
Biologists on a trail in the Ecuadoran Amazon hold their breath as they distribute a foul-smelling delicacy to lure butterflies, critical pollinators increasingly threatened by climate change. A team has hung 32 traps made of green nets, each baited with rotting fish and fermented bananas. They...
In theory, getting deliveries can be more efficient than driving to the store. But you may still want to think before you add to cart. Credit...Naomi Anderson-Subryan Dionne Searcey is part of a rotating cast of Climate reporters and special guest writers who will answer your burning climate...
Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the world has experienced profound ecological changes. Wildlife populations have decreased by 69 percent, the result of habitat loss caused by rapid industrialization and changing temperatures. 2023 was the hottest year on record. Certain ancient practices...
PHYS.ORG - Technology
Tesla cuts the price of its 'Full Self Driving' system by a third to $8,000
Tesla knocked roughly a third off the price of its "Full Self Driving" system - which can't drive itself and so drivers must remain alert and be ready to intervene - to $8,000 from $12,000, according to the company website. Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk promised in 2019 that there would be...
This week’s most important ongoing climate policy stories. Plastic pollution on a beach. Photo: Shutterstock/Take Photo
To cut costs and carbon emissions, cargo ships are putting a new spin on an ancient technology: the sail. These aren’t the sailboats of yore. Modern sails look more like airplane wings, smokestacks or balloons, and they use artificial intelligence to catch the wind with little help from mariners...
Three people are dead and 11 others missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated away from the torrential downpours. Heavy rain has descended upon the vast southern province of Guangdong in recent days, swelling rivers and...
Just Have A Think
100% electrification from renewables like wind, solar, geothermal and hydro power, backed up with interconnections and energy storage is now just around the corner, and already the cheapest option available. But there are still bumps in the road. Can we overcome them in time?Help support this...
Skeptical Science
Our story of the week hinges on these words from the abstract of a fresh academic publication: Here we use recent empirical findings from more than 1,600 regions worldwide over the past 40 years to project sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation, including daily...
Focusing on disaster hasn’t changed the planet’s trajectory. Will a more upbeat approach show a way forward? Credit...Photo Illustration by Doug Chayka The philanthropist Kathryn Murdoch has prioritized donations to environmental causes for more than a decade. She has, she said, a deep...
Sponsored: Electrifying infrastructure is an investment in the future. From buildings to vehicles, electrification can be done with technology we have right now. Siemens collaborates with Ford on customized electric vehicle charger for All-Electric F-150 Lightning Retail customers. Image...
MIT - Greenhouse Gases
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How an Arizona Medical Anthropologist Uses Oral Histories to Add Depth to Environmental Science
Denise Moreno-Ramirez grew up in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, living in the U.S. with her family during the week and traveling to Mexico on weekends with her grandmother. Near her small border community was Camp Little, a U.S. Army camp abandoned in 1933 that had been, by standards of...
In Mali's capital Bamako, Aboubacar Pamateck runs a scarf under a trickle of water and wraps it around his head to cope with the West African nation's soaring heat. Africa's Sahel region experienced a deadly heat wave in early April, exceptional both in terms of duration and intensity. "I drink...
Californians have had weekend after weekend of cool, stormy weather and the Sierra Nevada has been blessed with a healthy snowpack. But the reality is that even the last few months have been more than 2 degrees hotter than average. The planet is experiencing a horrifying streak of...