NYTimes - Environment

Scientists have said the conditions are the result of a climate that is “fundamentally different” from the time before fossil fuel use started rapidly warming the world.

And why the most patriotic approach to the Reflecting Pool may be to let the algae take over.

Beef is far worse for greenhouse gas emissions compared with other meat.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”

A growing body of research has shown that our brains work differently when temperatures spike.

The decision was a win for the Trump administration as it pushes to remove material that the president has called inappropriate or “woke.”

The snowfall from last winter disappeared a month sooner than usual, after two early hot spells. Huge volumes of exposed ice are now starting to vanish.

As the planet gets hotter overall, heat waves are getting hotter, longer and more frequent.

We asked people whose jobs require them to routinely face temperatures over 100 degrees for their coping strategies. Start with water.

Organizers want the July 4 fireworks in the nation’s capital to break the world record. But the fun will also come with air pollution and possibly headaches for pet owners and zoo keepers.

More than 160 million people are under extreme heat warnings or heat advisories ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.

Jenifer Chatfield, a top official at the Interior Department, faces scrutiny from ethics experts for actions that could help her family’s business.

What’s causing all the record-breaking heat, and when will it end?

Thousands of acres in Utah and other Western states have burned. Here is what to know about the firefighters who have died, the destruction so far and the spreading smoke.

New York could record 100 degrees for the first time since 2012, as a brutal heat wave spreads east.

The German company is doubling down on electric vehicles even as other automakers pull back after acknowledging billions of dollars in losses.

Dangerous heat is expected across much of the country through the Fourth of July weekend.

Thousands of acres in Utah and other Western states have burned as a U.S. heat wave widens.

Since last week, meteorologists issued a series of increasingly dire warnings about extremely critical weather conditions.

It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to forfeit their offshore wind leases.