Poor Air Quality Is Routine in Many Parts of the World
The hazy plume from the Canadian wildfires has given people in the northeastern United States a sense of what it ...
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Looking for home in an overheating world: If emissions continue, will we all be migrants someday?
Greenville, CA — Pines and firs parched by a three-year drought had been burning for days on a ridge 1,000 ...
Is It Wrong to Bring a Child Into Our Warming World?
I have always loved babies and children. I babysat throughout high school and college, and do so even now as ...
New World Bank President Ajay Banga Leads at a Pivotal Moment
Ajay Banga officially became the 14th president of the World Bank on Friday and urged staff to join him in ...
Alli Smith, of the Cornell Ornithology Laboratory, offers beginner tips for exploring the wide world of birds.
This summer, as part of The New York Times birding project, The Times will be sharing a series of prompts ...
Bracing for Climate Impacts on Lake Erie, the Walleye Capital of the World
Peg Van Vleet began fishing on Lake Erie when she was just 5 years old. A charter boat captain for ...
The Trillion-Dollar Auction to Save the World
Seagrass is the “ugly duckling of conservation,” Carlos Duarte says. He calculated that the plant may put away carbon at ...
The Dutch solution to busyness that captivated the world
Elzinga believes that it's much better to do some sort of physical activity to distract you from your daily worries, ...
These are the most dangerous places in the world for extreme heat
Comment on this storyCommentGlobal warming will force more than a fifth of the world’s population out of the “climate niche” ...
A Fifth of the World Could Live With Dangerous Heat by 2100, New Study Warns
One in five people could live in dangerously hot conditions by the end of the century if global warming continues ...
