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An Antarctic Voyage

An Antarctic Voyage

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 19, 2026 - 17:26

My colleague just spent two months on a research icebreaker. It changed his pers...

Warming Climate Can Increase Avalanche Risk, Studies Show

Warming Climate Can Increase Avalanche Risk, Studies Show

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 19, 2026 - 17:26

Research has pointed to the dangers of heavier and wetter snowfall, even as the ...

How is this research funded?

How is this research funded?

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 19, 2026 - 15:56

One your most frequently asked questions, answered.

Shutdowns Don’t Usually Stop Disaster Work. FEMA Just Made It Harder.

Shutdowns Don’t Usually Stop Disaster Work. FEMA Just M...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 19:26

The agency canceled some travel to disaster sites, citing a partial government s...

Navigating Antarctic Seas? ‘Don’t Disobey the Ice.’

Navigating Antarctic Seas? ‘Don’t Disobey the Ice.’

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 16:55

Even with a sturdy ship and the help of satellite images, negotiating the frozen...

Meet the captain.

Meet the captain.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 18, 2026 - 16:55

His name is Kim Gwang-heon and he has more than 40 years of seafaring experience.

Historic Climate Rollback Makes U.S. a Global Outlier on Tailpipe Rules

Historic Climate Rollback Makes U.S. a Global Outlier ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 17, 2026 - 15:56

The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation t...

Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight

Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Po...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 17, 2026 - 15:56

A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when ...

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules

With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 16, 2026 - 15:54

The E.P.A.’s killing of the “endangerment finding” caps a year of deregulation t...

Three Olympic Athletes Were Just Disqualified for a Novel Reason: PFAS

Three Olympic Athletes Were Just Disqualified for a Nov...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 15, 2026 - 14:41

Their skis and snowboards tested positive for “forever chemicals,” slippery-but-...

States Miss a Big Deadline, Ending Chance for a Colorado River Water Deal

States Miss a Big Deadline, Ending Chance for a Colorad...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 14, 2026 - 15:53

After two years of negotiations, seven states failed to agree on reduced water u...

What a Times Reporter on an Antarctica Expedition Eats in a Day

What a Times Reporter on an Antarctica Expedition Eats ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 17:55

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong has spent more than a month on a South Korean...

Another Missed Deadline Casts Doubt on Colorado River Cooperation

Another Missed Deadline Casts Doubt on Colorado River C...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 17:55

After two years of negotiations, seven states are no closer to agreeing on reduc...

Floods. Smoke. Soaring Bills. Mamdani’s Climate Czar Has a Full Agenda.

Floods. Smoke. Soaring Bills. Mamdani’s Climate Czar Ha...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 15:55

Louise Yeung relishes the intricacies of policy debates and the magic of rom-com...

Meet the squad of graduate students supporting this expedition.

Meet the squad of graduate students supporting this exp...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 13, 2026 - 15:55

Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’

Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 12, 2026 - 15:57

A Times correspondent talks about life in China as it outpaces the United States...

‘Finding Harmony’ Documentary on King Charles Shows His Longtime Concern for Environment

‘Finding Harmony’ Documentary on King Charles Shows His...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 11, 2026 - 17:52

Environmentalism may have gone out of fashion on Wall Street and in the White Ho...

Seals Are Recruited to Study the Ocean Under Antarctic Glaciers

Seals Are Recruited to Study the Ocean Under Antarctic ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 10, 2026 - 17:24

The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals c...

A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’

A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears N...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 9, 2026 - 22:23

A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all gove...

The Latest Victim of a Snowless West: Dog Sledding

The Latest Victim of a Snowless West: Dog Sledding

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:53

Organizers of the Idaho Dog Sled Challenge said they would no longer hold a majo...

Students had Antarctica questions. We answered them.

Students had Antarctica questions. We answered them.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 9, 2026 - 17:27

Students sent in questions about our reporter’s journey to Antarctica, covering ...

What’s Behind the Weird Weather That’s Dominated 2026

What’s Behind the Weird Weather That’s Dominated 2026

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

While iguanas were stunned by freezing cold in Florida, would-be skiers were loo...

Contentious Weedkiller Gets a Green Light, in a Blow to the MAHA Agenda

Contentious Weedkiller Gets a Green Light, in a Blow to...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

The chemical, dicamba, is used to control weeds on genetically engineered crops....

A First Look Below Antarctica’s Most Menacing Glacier

A First Look Below Antarctica’s Most Menacing Glacier

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

Scientists on the Thwaites Glacier attempted to install equipment beneath the ic...

Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potentially Valuable Mud

Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potential...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 8, 2026 - 17:53

It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for ...

Snow Drought, Political Shifts and Strikes Batter Ski Industry in Western U.S.

Snow Drought, Political Shifts and Strikes Batter Ski I...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 2, 2026 - 15:54

Little snowpack, strikes by mountain staff and Trump administration policies tha...

An attempt to study Thwaites Glacier from below meets an icy end.

An attempt to study Thwaites Glacier from below meets a...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Feb 2, 2026 - 15:54

Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable ...

Governors Dive Into an Impasse Over Colorado River Water Use

Governors Dive Into an Impasse Over Colorado River Wate...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 30, 2026 - 19:25

State leaders gathered in Washington amid threats of lawsuits over a diminishing...

Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold

Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 29, 2026 - 15:26

The possibility of snow in Tampa, Fla. Record heat and fires in Australia. Scien...

Unions Sue FEMA Over Work Force Cuts They Say Threaten Readiness

Unions Sue FEMA Over Work Force Cuts They Say Threaten ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 28, 2026 - 15:54

The suit argues that the recent dismissals and plans for further cuts violate la...

How Does Climate Change Affect Winter Storms?

How Does Climate Change Affect Winter Storms?

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 26, 2026 - 18:23

A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribut...

What Is Thundersnow, One of Weather’s Rarest Spectacles

What Is Thundersnow, One of Weather’s Rarest Spectacles

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 25, 2026 - 15:53

A clap of thunder can come as a surprise in the steady calm of falling snow. Her...

Setting Foot on the Melting Thwaites Glacier

Setting Foot on the Melting Thwaites Glacier

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 23, 2026 - 21:21

Bad weather delayed expedition scientists’ efforts to set up camp on Thwaites...

How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History

How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 23, 2026 - 18:23

Philadelphia sued the Trump administration after it directed the Park Service to...

Winter Storm Forecast: 5 Key Things to Know Across the US

Winter Storm Forecast: 5 Key Things to Know Across the US

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 23, 2026 - 15:55

Here are five key things to know about the forecast.

Alfred McLaren, 93, Dies; Submariner Led Secret Cold War Missions

Alfred McLaren, 93, Dies; Submariner Led Secret Cold Wa...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 23, 2026 - 15:55

He participated in the first baseball game at the North Pole. Later, he became a...

National Park Service Removes Sign on Climate Change From Fort Sumter

National Park Service Removes Sign on Climate Change Fr...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 22, 2026 - 16:54

The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising ...

E.P.A. Revives Plan to End Testing on Animals by 2035

E.P.A. Revives Plan to End Testing on Animals by 2035

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 22, 2026 - 16:54

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Tr...

Why Climate Isn’t a Top Business Priority at Davos

Why Climate Isn’t a Top Business Priority at Davos

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 22, 2026 - 16:54

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was once ground zero for an unof...

The New Wild Card on Travelers’ Itineraries: Uncertainty

The New Wild Card on Travelers’ Itineraries: Uncertainty

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 21, 2026 - 15:55

Politics, military action and climate change have increased risk for destination...

Forecasters Warn of a Major Storm Brewing for the South

Forecasters Warn of a Major Storm Brewing for the South

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 21, 2026 - 15:55

One meteorologist warns that “the main ingredients” are fitting into place for a...

At last, the team pitches tents on the Thwaites Glacier.

At last, the team pitches tents on the Thwaites Glacier.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 20, 2026 - 16:57

Explore a century of The Times’s reporting from Antarctica.

Explore a century of The Times’s reporting from Antarct...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 19, 2026 - 16:27

A Century of The New York Times in Antarctica

A Century of The New York Times in Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 18, 2026 - 18:25

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong takes a trip into the New York Times archives...

Kristina Gjerde, Advocate for Ocean Biodiversity, Dies at 68

Kristina Gjerde, Advocate for Ocean Biodiversity, Dies ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 17, 2026 - 18:24

She played a key role in negotiating a landmark United Nations treaty to protect...

An Antarctic Icebreaker Takes a Pioneering Sail

An Antarctic Icebreaker Takes a Pioneering Sail

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 16, 2026 - 20:23

Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inl...

Sailing Through a ‘Death Trap’ Once Covered by Antarctic Ice

Sailing Through a ‘Death Trap’ Once Covered by Antarcti...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 16, 2026 - 17:53

Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inl...

Preparing to drill into a glacier

Preparing to drill into a glacier

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 16, 2026 - 16:53

What Does Antarctica Sound Like?

What Does Antarctica Sound Like?

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 15, 2026 - 17:25

Our reporter answers another batch of reader questions from an expedition to Ant...

The Cities That Broke Heat Records Last Year

The Cities That Broke Heat Records Last Year

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 15, 2026 - 16:53

Thousands of cities around the world saw their hottest year on record in 2025 as...