Climate and Environment

The state has had more than 3,500 wildfires this year, and the peak of the annual fire season has yet to arrive.

In books and articles he wrote about the militarization of space and believed that investing in exploration would ultimately “protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.”

Climate change is causing more fires to burn overnight, growing bigger, lasting longer and challenging the fire teams trying to control them.

Melting glaciers on Peru’s highest mountain helped uncover the body of Bill Stampfl, who disappeared while climbing the mountain with two friends.

New restrictions are meant to reduce damage during floods. The rules were first proposed in 2016, then the Trump administration scrapped them.

The company said it effectively got all of the electricity it used last year from sources that did not produce greenhouse gas emissions. Some experts have faulted the company’s calculations.

Analysts warn that the Labour Party’s proposals are unlikely to be cheap and could come at the cost of jobs in the oil and gas industry.

Using ground-based radars, he pioneered measurement techniques that scientists now use to chart geographical changes on Earth.

A new report estimates that the company led by Elon Musk accounted for just under half of all battery-powered vehicles sold in the second quarter of the year.

An Oklahoma Republican who led the Environment Committee, he took hard-right stands on many issues but was especially vocal in challenging evidence of global warming.

After thousands of sequoias were destroyed by extreme wildfires, tribes are conducting cultural burns.

July has brought a record-breaking hurricane, early-season wildfires and triple-digit temperatures. Judson Jones, a meteorologist and reporter, cleared up the connections between the events.

Temperature records have been shattered from California and Nevada to North Carolina in the last few days, and relief is still days away, forecasters say.

More than 100 million years ago, scientists say, warming seas and reduced oxygen may have sent some sharks higher into the water column, where they evolved to be fierce and hungry.

The Danish capital is offering free museum tours, art workshops and more to visitors who take part in climate-friendly initiatives.

Climate change and contaminated water have combined to create an epidemic of kidney disease.

In this monsoon season, so far there have been more than 60 weather-related fatalities. With roads cut off and more rain expected, the toll could rise.

Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, endured days of temperatures above 100 Fahrenheit, made worse by power cuts and high humidity.

Oil sands companies pushing a carbon capture project shut down their website after a law banning misleading environmental claims was passed.

To help make the Olympic Games in Paris greener, Le Pavé, a manufacturing start-up, is making podiums and stadium seating out of recycled plastic.

A new analysis shows increasing frequency and intensity of hurricanes could cause more devastating interruptions to the power grid.

The new government, to be led by Labour, has pledged to fast-track a green energy transition. It will face big challenges.

Residents moved to Mountain House, Calif., to escape soaring housing costs near the coast. Now, they just have to survive the searing summer heat.

Gathering data from directly inside the storm can help emergency managers prepare for what’s to come.

The agency reached a settlement with the automaker over the sales of SUVs and pickups that emitted excess planet-warming carbon dioxide.

Five bulls from the area around a Kenyan wildlife reserve have been shot and killed in Tanzania in recent months. The countries have very different conservation strategies.

Global warming is hitting the entire Northeast particularly hard, according to figures provided by Climate Central, a nonprofit group.

The speed of decline in the Juneau Ice Field, an expanse of 1,050 interconnected glaciers, has doubled in recent decades, scientists discovered.

The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.

The proposed regulation comes as California and Oregon brace for a punishing heat wave.

Cargo ships off California are reducing speeds as part of an unusual race designed to protect some very large local residents.

President Biden had paused new natural gas export terminals to assess their effects on the climate, economy and national security. A federal judge disagreed.

Flooding in Ruidoso, N.M., over the weekend showed how wildfire damage, worsening under climate change, can put people at even greater risk than the fires themselves.

You need to weigh your budget, but it does have benefits. Including some that are not obvious.

Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.

A foundational 1984 decision had required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.

The Interior Department rejected a proposed industrial road through pristine land in Alaska that was needed to reach an estimated $7.5 billion copper deposit.

Stress, ovarian cancer, buoyancy disorders: Every pet has its troubles, and needs a good doctor who makes house calls.

Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story.

The calf, named Wakan Gli, is said to fulfill a Lakota prophecy that brings hope, but its birth is also a sign that more must be done to protect the Earth, a Lakota spiritual leader says.