New York Times Environment Articles

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• A Creationist Wants Rocks to Study. The Grand Canyon Says No. May 29, 2017
  A lawsuit by a creationist geologist brings to light a dispute between science and religion at Grand Canyon National Park.
  FERNANDA SANTOS
• The Getaway: Greening Your Summer Vacation May 29, 2017
  Tips on how to be an ecotourist.
  ELAINE GLUSAC
• Can the Paris Climate Deal Survive a Trump-Style Renegotiation? May 26, 2017
  Some advocates of global climate action think the pact would be stronger if the United States simply left, rather than remaining in and demanding big changes.
  BRAD PLUMER
• Looking for Trump’s Climate Policy? Try the Energy Department May 25, 2017
  The president’s proposed reductions to the department’s research may have a greater impact on climate change than the Paris accord decision.
  BRAD PLUMER
• Q. AND A.: For a Hotel Beekeeper, Honey Is Just the Beginning May 24, 2017
  Noel Patterson educates guests at the Miraval Resort & Spa in Tucson on the importance of bees, leads tastings and encourages backyard hives.
  MARISSA MILLER
• A Strong Case Against a Pesticide Does Not Faze E.P.A. Under Trump May 17, 2017
  For decades, scientists have warned of mounting evidence that exposure to chlorpyrifos may threaten children’s development.
  RONI CARYN RABIN
• In Win for Environmentalists, Senate Keeps an Obama-Era Climate Change Rule May 11, 2017
  Senators voted 51 to 49 to block a measure that would have undone a regulation to control the release of methane from oil and gas wells on public land.
  CORAL DAVENPORT
• By Degrees: A Parable From Down Under for U.S. Climate Scientists May 8, 2017
  Politics intruded on climate science in Australia. The scientists fought back, led by John Church, a leading world expert on sea level rise.
  JUSTIN GILLIS
• E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board May 8, 2017
  A spokesman for the agency’s administrator said he would consider replacing the academic scientists with representatives from industries the agency is supposed to regulate.
  CORAL DAVENPORT
• The New Threat to Wolves in and Around Yellowstone May 1, 2017
  Packs of the animals, once endangered, have flourished, but biologists worry about the effects of renewed hunting outside the national park.
  JIM ROBBINS
• Mass Die-Off of Whales in Atlantic Is Being Investigated April 27, 2017
  Officials are seeking the reason for an “unusual mortality event” that has left 41 humpback whales dead since early 2016 from North Carolina to Maine.
  TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG
• Trillions of Plastic Bits, Swept Up by Current, Are Littering Arctic Waters April 19, 2017
  A new study found that a major ocean current is carrying plastic from the North Atlantic to the Greenland and Barents seas, and leaving it there.
  TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG
• Climate Change Reroutes a Yukon River in a Geological Instant April 17, 2017
  Melting water from one of Canada’s largest glaciers used to flow north, to the Bering Sea. Last spring, it reversed course, a case of what scientists call “river piracy.”
  JOHN SCHWARTZ
• Matter: Antarctic Ice Reveals Earth’s Accelerating Plant Growth April 5, 2017
  Scientists compiling a record of the atmosphere based on air trapped in Antarctic ice found that rising carbon dioxide has accelerated plant growth.
  CARL ZIMMER
• We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species. Is It Worth the Cost? March 20, 2017
  Scientists disagree about whether bringing extinct species back from the dead will result in a net loss of global biodiversity.
  STEPH YIN