NYT Global Warming Climate Change

Las lluvias torrenciales han provocado una de las peores inundaciones de la historia moderna de Brasil, dejando al menos 100 muertos y casi todo un estado sumergido.

Torrential rains have caused one of Brazil’s worst floods in modern history, leaving more than 100 dead and nearly an entire state submerged.

The number of tornadoes so far in the United States this year is just above average. But their distribution is changing.

On Curaçao, visitors can explore the trees’ habitat, where colorful birds roost on tangled branches and trunks, and small paths through the greenery beckon.

Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be high as top climate diplomats meet this week.

Biodiversity loss, global warming, pollution and the spread of invasive species are making infectious diseases more dangerous to organisms around the world.

In an effort to curb microplastics and marine pollution, state lawmakers voted to ban intentional releases.

They’re delivering solar power after dark in California and helping to stabilize grids in other states. And the technology is expanding rapidly.

Is the world’s climate close to a tipping point?

An enormous amount of work is underway to remove carbon from the atmosphere, but who will pay for it?

Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer.

Our medical systems are not adequately equipped to diagnose tropical diseases, and in a warming climate, that’s a problem.

A lot of them don’t work and some might even be harmful. But there are things you can do if you really have to fly.

Varias empresas quieren crear una nueva industria que pueda hacer que los árboles, que almacenan el carbono que calienta al planeta, sean más lucrativos que la mayor causa de deforestación mundial: la ganadería.

Three long-running satellites will soon be switched off, forcing scientists to figure out how to adjust their views of our changing planet.

Other states have also considered restrictions, citing concerns about farmers’ livelihoods and food safety, though the product isn’t expected to be widely available for years.

Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than drilling on land.

Gas-burning ranges, a significant contributor to indoor pollution, can produce and spread particularly high levels of some pollutants in smaller spaces.

Mayor Eric Adams is resurrecting a budget gimmick and charging rent to the city’s Water Board, which will pass on the costs to ratepayers.

New guidelines attempt to make the aviation cleaner by relying on corn-based ethanol, but experts divided on the fuel’s environmental benefits.