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by Henry Fountain on 2021-07-26 in Heat and Heat Waves, Research, Global Warming, Nature (Journal), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Pacific Northwestern States (US)

A study suggests that the world can expect more record-shattering heat waves in the future, unless drastic action is taken to curb climate change.

by Hiroko Tabuchi and John Schwartz on 2021-07-26 in Global Warming, Subways, Infrastructure (Public Works), Floods, Transit Systems, Buses, Rain, Deaths (Fatalities), China, Zhengzhou (China), London (England), New York City, Tokyo (Japan)

Swift, deadly flooding in China this week inundated a network that wasn’t even a decade old, highlighting the risks faced by cities globally.

by Karan Deep Singh on 2021-07-26 in Landslides and Mudslides, Floods, Weather, Rain, Deaths (Fatalities), Monsoons, Global Warming, Maharashtra (India), Himachal Pradesh (India)

Every monsoon season poses risks to the country, but this one is shaping up as especially destructive as climate change turbocharges rainfall.

by Vanessa Friedman on 2021-07-26 in Sustainable Living, Fashion and Apparel, Olympic Games (2020), Politics and Government, First Ladies (US), Narciso Rodriguez LLC, Biden, Jill Tracy Jacobs, Ford, Tom, Kors, Michael, Maxwell, Brandon (1984- ), Polo Ralph Lauren Corp, your-feed-fashion

Cheering the American Olympians, the first lady broke with recent sartorial customs.

by Molly Peterson on 2021-07-26 in Mental Health and Disorders, Anxiety and Stress, Depression (Mental), Global Warming, Emotions, Wildfires, Energy Efficiency, Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Between wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes, we’re all feeling nervous about the future. But stewing or ignoring the problem won’t ease your burden.

by Steven Lee Myers, Keith Bradsher and Chris Buckley on 2021-07-26 in Floods, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Weather, Communist Party of China, China, Zhengzhou (China)

China’s breathtaking economic growth created cities ill-equipped to face extreme weather. Last week’s dramatic floods showed that much will have to change.

by Paul Sullivan on 2021-07-26 in Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Caps and Emissions Trading Programs, Content Type: Service, Solar Energy, Fuel Emissions (Transportation), Conservation of Resources, Alternative and Renewable Energy, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Real Change, American Airlines, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Exxon Mobil Corp

Investors can look for companies that reduce or remove carbon from the atmosphere. Working from home helps, too, as does rooftop solar.

by Christopher Flavelle on 2021-07-26 in Global Warming, Wines, Grapes, Wildfires, Water, Insurance, Agriculture and Farming, California, Napa (Calif), Sonoma County (Calif), Drought

Sunscreen on grapes. Toilet water that is treated and used for irrigation. Napa Valley winemakers are taking extreme steps in the face of climate change.

by Henry Fountain on 2021-07-26 in Global Warming, Wildfires, Weather, California, Forests and Forestry, Oregon, Bootleg Fire, Fires and Firefighters, Lightning

Unpredictable winds, fire clouds that spawn lightning, and flames that leap over firebreaks are confounding efforts to fight the blaze, which is sweeping through southern Oregon.

by Hiroko Tabuchi on 2021-07-26 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Automobiles, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Hydrogen, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyoda, Akio, Fuel Emissions (Transportation), Fuel Efficiency

The auto giant bet on hydrogen power, but as the world moves toward electric the company is fighting climate regulations in an apparent effort to buy time.

by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Sarah Kessler, Stephen Gandel, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni on 2021-07-24 in Corporate Social Responsibility, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Private Spaceflight, Google Inc, Bezos, Jeffrey P, Frazier, Kenneth C

Jonathan Kanter will lead the Justice Department’s trustbusting unit.

by Richard Fausset and Christopher Flavelle on 2021-07-24 in Charleston (SC), Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Historic Buildings and Sites, Floods, Area Planning and Renewal, Global Warming

A city known for extraordinary architecture is coming to terms with intensifying storms, a rising sea and streets that flood with distressing regularity.

by Keith Bradsher on 2021-07-24 in China, Floods, Bridges and Tunnels, Roads and Traffic, Deaths (Fatalities), Global Warming

At least four people died in a highway tunnel in central China that flooded at the same time as a subway tunnel after eight inches of rain fell in a single hour.

by Somini Sengupta on 2021-07-24 in Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Floods, Wildfires, Heatstroke, Europe, Germany, Western States (US), British Columbia (Canada), United States, Deaths (Fatalities), Politics and Government, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Heat and Heat Waves

Floods swept Germany, fires ravaged the American West and another heat wave loomed, driving home the reality that the world’s richest nations remain unprepared for the intensifying consequences of climate change.

by Derrick Bryson Taylor and Christine Hauser on 2021-07-24 in Weather, Wildfires, Fires and Firefighters, Global Warming, National Weather Service, Billings (Mont), Boise (Idaho), Idaho, Oregon, Pacific Northwestern States (US), Salt Lake City (Utah)

The soaring temperatures have made wildfire season particularly dangerous.

by Christopher Flavelle, Patricia Mazzei and Giulia Heyward on 2021-07-23 in Surfside, Fla, Building Collapse (2021), Homeowners Insurance, Buildings (Structures), Suits and Litigation (Civil), Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, Florida, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Coastal Areas, Surfside (Fla), Global Warming

Insurers were already skittish after losses from repeated hurricanes. The recent condo collapse has brought new insecurity. How long will Florida’s coast be insurable?

by Matt McCann on 2021-07-23 in Sharks, Extraterrestrial Life, Young Men and Fire: A True Story of the Mann Gulch Fire (Book), your-feed-science, your-feed-animals

Plus, orphaned grizzlies, baby deer in the shower, hoot-owl restrictions and more in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter.

by Andrew E. Kramer on 2021-07-23 in Arctic Ocean, Ships and Shipping, Dubai Ports World, Rosatom, Russia, Global Warming

DP World, a leading logistics company, agreed on Friday to cooperate with a Russian state company on shipping ventures in the Arctic Ocean.

by Alanna Mitchell and Alana Paterson on 2021-07-23 in your-feed-science, Bears, Endangered and Extinct Species, Animals, Orphans and Orphanages, Wilderness Areas, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Nature Reserves, Conservation of Resources, your-feed-animals, Alaska, British Columbia (Canada), Canada, Pacific Northwestern States (US), Biology and Biochemistry, International Union for Conservation of Nature

In British Columbia, researchers have undertaken a unique challenge: tracking orphan grizzly cubs, reared in a shelter, to see whether they can thrive back in the wild.

by Michael Barbaro, Michael Simon Johnson, Sydney Harper, Soraya Shockley, Chris Wood and Dan Powell on 2021-07-23 in Global Warming, European Commission, Europe, Climate Change (Album)

The European Union has an ambitious plan to phase out the bloc’s reliance on fossil fuels. Will it work?

by Michael Levenson on 2021-07-22 in Seafood, Heat and Heat Waves, Weather, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Oysters, Bacteria, Global Warming, Pacific Northwestern States (US), Washington (State)

Health officials said that high temperatures and low tides were likely to blame for an outbreak of vibriosis, an intestinal disease associated with eating raw oysters and other shellfish.

by Winston Choi-Schagrin on 2021-07-22 in Wildfires, Fires and Firefighters, Global Warming, Forests and Forestry, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The danger from flames and smoke is growing as blazes spread more swiftly and unpredictably as a consequence of climate change. Here are answers to five important questions.

by Sergio Olmos and Christine Hauser on 2021-07-22 in Wildfires, Fires and Firefighters, Restaurants, Weather, Forests and Forestry, Evacuations and Evacuees, Oregon

A family prepared to evacuate as the Bootleg Fire burned closer to their home and restaurant. In another town, T-shirts memorialized the nation’s largest blaze.

by Alyssa Lukpat on 2021-07-22 in National Weather Service, Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, thunderstorm, Text Messaging, Accidents and Safety, United States, Weather, Disasters and Emergencies

The agency hopes the alerts will get people to take shelter before a thunderstorm unleashes baseball-size hail or winds of at least 80 m.p.h.

by Maggie Astor on 2021-07-22 in United States Politics and Government, Global Warming, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Polls and Public Opinion

Despite raging crises, the gears of government seem as stuck as ever, partly because Americans interpret the events “from the framework they started with,” as one political scientist put it.