NYTimes - Environment

A glacier unleashed a deadly flood earlier this week. For local trekking guides and climbers, the mountains were already changing.

With air and sea surface temperatures already breaking records, this year’s episode is on track to be the strongest in living memory.

President Trump’s administration has been pushing U.S. companies like Chevron to invest more in Venezuela’s oil industry.

A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common.

A pilot program placing solar panels between the rails has proven successful enough that the idea is spreading to Italy, France and Korea.

Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.

The collapse of part of a mountain created a flash flood of a scale and speed no one had imagined, survivors said. Hundreds died, at least, and many more are missing.

High temperatures and new safety rules are transforming practice as a new school year begins.

The move is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to spur the country’s largest expansion of nuclear power in more than three decades.

Legislatures in nearly a dozen states have voted to legalize use of the technology, which can help homeowners reduce their rising electricity costs.

The country star supported early childhood literacy, disaster relief, the development of the Covid-19 vaccine and more.

A wall of water swept down a Himalayan river valley shared between Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet.

The cost of the fuel, used in farm machinery, trucks and other heavy equipment, has surged because of the war in Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries.

Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing the U. S. Military Academy, where he was a professor of geography and the only climate scientist, after being fired.

Warmer water off the coast has made things slightly swampy for residents used to a succession of splendid days.

Some leaders of the health movement are challenging a pillar of the president’s energy agenda.

Extreme heat waves this summer have set off an early grape harvest in Champagne and elsewhere in France.

Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said.

Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects.

A new generation of green thumbs are creating beautifully designed seed packets to encourage the growth of lush gardens — and social consciousness.