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Ringing in 2026 on an Icebreaker Bound for Antarctica

Ringing in 2026 on an Icebreaker Bound for Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

Scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon welcomed 2026 with games, another time ch...

What did our photographer take to Antarctica? A lot of cables.

What did our photographer take to Antarctica? A lot of ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Jan 3, 2026 - 17:22

See the First Iceberg of the Times’s Trip to Antarctica

See the First Iceberg of the Times’s Trip to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 23:50

For Antarctic veterans and novices alike, the first sighting of an iceberg on an...

Leaving London: Step one in a long commute to the bottom of the Earth.

Leaving London: Step one in a long commute to the botto...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 23:50

Why scientists are studying the Thwaites glacier.

Why scientists are studying the Thwaites glacier.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 23:50

Antarctica bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future.

Antarctica bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 23:50

As vast, wild and beyond our comprehending as Antarctica may seem, its melting i...

Meet the Ship Taking Us to Antarctica

Meet the Ship Taking Us to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 31, 2025 - 15:51

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong gives a tour of the Araon, the South Korean i...

Leaving London: Step one in a long commute to the bottom of the Earth

Leaving London: Step one in a long commute to the botto...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 22:23

Why scientists are studying the Thwaites glacier

Why scientists are studying the Thwaites glacier

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 19:24

Raymond’s Biggest Question About the Trip

Raymond’s Biggest Question About the Trip

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 19:24

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong sets out on his journey to Antarctica and sha...

Studying the Melting Continent, if We Can Reach It

Studying the Melting Continent, if We Can Reach It

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 15:24

Times journalists are accompanying a group of scientists on an arduous, weekslon...

Overlooked Stories

Overlooked Stories

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

We look at some of our best stories from 2025 that Times editors thought deserve...

Scientists Are Coming to New Conclusions About Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Scientists Are Coming to New Conclusions About Antarcti...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting ...

Updates: Follow The Times on a Journey to Antarctica

Updates: Follow The Times on a Journey to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 30, 2025 - 14:24

Our reporter Raymond Zhong and our photographer Chang W. Lee are joining scienti...

Why This Glacier Worries Scientists the Most

Why This Glacier Worries Scientists the Most

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 29, 2025 - 21:52

Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong describes how the fast-melting Thwaites Glaci...

What Times Reporters Are Taking to Antarctica

What Times Reporters Are Taking to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 29, 2025 - 21:23

What We’re Bringing to Antarctica

What We’re Bringing to Antarctica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 29, 2025 - 15:54

What do a New York Times reporter and photographer pack for a two-month expediti...

How a Research Trip to Antarctica Deals With Time Zones

How a Research Trip to Antarctica Deals With Time Zones

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 29, 2025 - 14:54

The clocks aboard our icebreaker will be changed several times en route to Antar...

Two Times Journalists Join an Expedition to Antartica

Two Times Journalists Join an Expedition to Antartica

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 27, 2025 - 12:25

Our journalists are joining scientists on a research ship sailing to the contine...

What’s this trip about? Here’s an overview.

What’s this trip about? Here’s an overview.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 27, 2025 - 10:26

Antarctic bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future

Antarctic bound on a search for clues to Earth’s future

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 27, 2025 - 10:26

As vast, wild and beyond our comprehending as Antarctica may seem, its melting i...

Bound for Antarctica: A Trip to Study the Thwaites Glacier Is Underway

Bound for Antarctica: A Trip to Study the Thwaites Glac...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 27, 2025 - 10:26

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists...

Why We Are Going to the Fastest-Melting Glacier

Why We Are Going to the Fastest-Melting Glacier

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 26, 2025 - 21:54

How much time does the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have left? Our reporter Ra...

More Rain Heading for Southern California, Heightening Flood Risk

More Rain Heading for Southern California, Heightening ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 26, 2025 - 13:26

More rain was forecast for the Los Angeles Area on Friday, adding to wet weather...

What to pack for a trip to the bottom of the world.

What to pack for a trip to the bottom of the world.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 26, 2025 - 13:26

Journey to Antarctica Part 3

Journey to Antarctica Part 3

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 25, 2025 - 18:24

What do you pack for a two-month expedition to Antarctica? Our climate reporter ...

Journey to Antarctica Part 2

Journey to Antarctica Part 2

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 24, 2025 - 19:24

To get to the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica, flying on a helicopter over...

Frequently Asked Questions About The New York Times’s Trip to Antarctica

Frequently Asked Questions About The New York Times’s T...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 24, 2025 - 11:08

A Times reporter and photographer are joining scientists on a research expeditio...

Journey to Antarctica Part 1

Journey to Antarctica Part 1

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 23, 2025 - 21:30

Abandoning ship, negotiating fires or hitting an iceberg are all risks when trav...

How do you train for Antarctica? Go jump in a pool.

How do you train for Antarctica? Go jump in a pool.

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 23, 2025 - 21:30

Democratic Governors Are Fighting Trump’s War on Wind Energy

Democratic Governors Are Fighting Trump’s War on Wind E...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 23, 2025 - 18:51

Leaders in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island are racing to s...

Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate Policies

Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 23, 2025 - 16:29

The Trump administration has aggressively pulled America away from its global ro...

A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue

A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts C...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

News of the breakup of a leading science institution rippled through an annual g...

Hochul Repeals Rule Allowing New Customers Free Gas Hookups

Hochul Repeals Rule Allowing New Customers Free Gas Hoo...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 20, 2025 - 08:10

Gov. Kathy Hochul struck down a decades-old provision that raised gas bills for ...

Europe Begins to Tiptoe Away From Key Climate Policies

Europe Begins to Tiptoe Away From Key Climate Policies

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 18, 2025 - 15:35

Europe has some of the world’s most ambitious climate goals, but in recent month...

How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable

How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid Mo...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 17, 2025 - 11:54

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago....

MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.

MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying ...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 13, 2025 - 17:26

A split is emerging within Trump’s base as health activists accuse Mr. Zeldin of...

Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It.

Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in t...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 13, 2025 - 05:10

Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants pri...

Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants

Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resili...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 11, 2025 - 19:24

A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Re...

100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise

100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rive...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 11, 2025 - 15:34

Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous regi...

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reasse...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 10, 2025 - 15:10

A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, u...

How Can I Stop My Wife From Badgering Our Friends About Climate Change?

How Can I Stop My Wife From Badgering Our Friends About...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 10, 2025 - 10:36

A reader’s wife is angry about what she sees as insufficient commitment to the c...

Not All Drilling in Texas Is About Oil

Not All Drilling in Texas Is About Oil

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 9, 2025 - 22:03

The state has become a hub of innovation for creating electricity using geotherm...

A Rare Bright Spot for U.S. Solar: Subscriptions

A Rare Bright Spot for U.S. Solar: Subscriptions

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 9, 2025 - 15:34

The solar company Sunrun has managed to thrive despite President Trump’s crackdo...

Shigeru Ban: How Architects Can Respond to Natural Disasters

Shigeru Ban: How Architects Can Respond to Natural Disa...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 5, 2025 - 11:41

Architects are uniquely positioned to help people displaced by natural disasters.

An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebuild or Relocate?

An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebu...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 5, 2025 - 05:38

After a devastating storm, the people who fled a remote coastal village face an ...

Canada Turns to the World’s Polar Bear Capital to Defend its Arctic

Canada Turns to the World’s Polar Bear Capital to Defen...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 3, 2025 - 06:18

The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastr...

The New York Neighborhoods That Best Protect Against Extreme Heat

The New York Neighborhoods That Best Protect Against Ex...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 27, 2025 - 06:07

The city’s new climate budgeting program is investing billions in keeping the ci...

The Broken Circle

The Broken Circle

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 26, 2025 - 06:02

Farmers in Northwest China confront their drying landscape by planting trees as ...

The Tourism Slump Squeezes Navajo Nation Parks Like Monument Valley

The Tourism Slump Squeezes Navajo Nation Parks Like Mon...

NYT > Climate and Environment, Nov 26, 2025 - 06:02

Things were looking up last year at pandemic-battered Navajo Nation parks like M...