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“Louder Than Hunger” joins a very small shelf of novels and memoirs that address eating disorders from a male point of view. LOUDER THAN HUNGER, by John Schu Jake Stacey [...]

In new novels by the National Book Award finalists Gary D. Schmidt and Brandon Hobson, adolescent boys navigating parental loss find strength in ancient mythology. Two very different new novels [...]

For the Taking the Lead series, we asked leaders in various fields to share insights on what they’ve learned and what lies ahead. Although climate change now makes headlines almost [...]

In “Unstoppable Us,” he presents the provocative ideas that drove his 2015 best seller, “Sapiens,” without dumbing them down. UNSTOPPABLE US:How Humans Took Over the World, by Yuval Noah Harari. [...]

One company says it has the technology. And though investors looking for cleaner power generation are lining up, some environmentalists are skeptical. This article is part of Upstart , a [...]

''Millions of home and property owners have had no way of knowing the significant risk they face,'' one analyst said. Across much of the United States, the flood risk may [...]

A new study looks at ''the mortality cost of carbon'': lives lost or gained as emissions change over time. What is the cost of our carbon footprint -- not just [...]

You know you have a good job when it lets you try a jetpack. But after 21 years of thrills at The Times, it's time for my next adventure: the [...]

A Times reporter leaving New Jersey for a new job in Texas asks his 2008 Smart car for one more easy-parking adventure. When I decided to leave The New York [...]

Swift, deadly flooding in China this week inundated a network that wasn't even a decade old, highlighting the risks faced by cities globally. Follow our live coverage of extreme weather [...]

The storm that brought flooding and devastation to parts of Europe is the latest example of an extreme weather event. More are expected. The images from Germany are startling and [...]

Burn bans, flashlight campfires, extreme heat and stronger rainstorms: Today's campers are experiencing their summer fun against the backdrop of climate change. Jill Laidlaw has worked for 37 years at [...]

Regulators have asked residents to start conserving energy after demand hit a June record just one week into the month. AUSTIN, Texas -- On Monday, when soaring temperatures drove electricity [...]

The annual summer monsoon in South Asia begins this month. A new study points to more destructive storms. Global warming is likely to make India's monsoon season wetter and more [...]

Sweeping new research found that heat-related deaths in warm seasons were boosted by climate change by an average of 37 percent. More than a third of heat-related deaths in many [...]

The forecast, which follows a record season in 2020, arrives as hurricanes are becoming more destructive over time. Federal scientists on Thursday forecast that 2021 could see in the range [...]

But in the case, filed by the city of Baltimore, the high court gave the fossil fuel industry far less than it had asked for. The Supreme Court handed a [...]

A former official of the Environmental Protection Agency, he was a Republican activist on global warming when it was an issue with bipartisan support John Topping, whose work to warn [...]

Dive down a rabbit hole and explore nonfungible tokens, multimillion-dollar digital art and the nature of reality. When an artist sold something called a nonfungible token for nearly $70 million [...]

Gavin Schmidt, a leading climate scientist, will fill a newly created job of climate adviser to NASA, in a prominent example of Biden's pledge to focus on climate policy. More [...]

An environmental assessment said the project's next step would largely benefit coastal areas, though it might also affect some marine life, especially dolphins. The next phase of a $50 billion [...]

New research suggests that climate change is responsible for longer pollen seasons in the United States and more pollen in the air, as well. Among the many disasters climate change [...]

He named our age the ''Anthropocene'' and warned the world of threats that certain chemicals posed to the ozone layer. Paul J. Crutzen, a Dutch scientist who earned a Nobel [...]

The polar vortex is experiencing an unusually long disturbance this year because of a ''sudden stratospheric warming.'' Bundle up. Rough winter weather is working its way across the United States, [...]

The court heard arguments on a technical legal question in a case that demands fossil fuel companies help pay for the costs of dealing with climate change. The Supreme Court [...]

Our columnist is searching for his own niche in a universe dominated by giants. My friends, in these difficult and frightening times, humor is more essential than ever. So let's [...]

A survey carried out after the November election found that 66 percent of respondents said that developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority. A [...]

In December, we asked the readers of our newsletter Climate Fwd: and our Twitter followers what they were planning to do differently in 2021. We got some amazing responses. If [...]

Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services is the first state attorney general to create an environmental justice bureau. Martha Romero felt that [...]

She rewrote the global Red List, which describes which species are in trouble, and warned that the world must restore its ecological balance or pay a steep price. When Georgina [...]

If lease sales happen in the final days of the Trump administration, they may face disputes in court or could be reversed by the Biden administration. Even if in its [...]

The son of a coal miner, he built a sprawling company, fought government regulations and wielded considerable political influence as a Trump ally. Robert E. Murray, the son of a [...]

Wildfires in the West caused by lightning have been growing bigger and occurring more frequently. If the weather extremes already brought by climate change are any indication, other parts of [...]

Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer numerous questions, but it was her avoidance of acknowledging climate change that particularly resonated. During two grueling days of questioning over her Supreme [...]

He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research that showed how chemicals in hair spray and other products could cause grave environmental damage. Mario Molina, who shared a Nobel [...]

A new report finds an ''alarming'' drop in prosecutions over violations of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, fundamental environmental laws. Prosecutions of environmental crimes have ''plummeted'' during [...]

''Like a boxer going in the ring a few weeks after getting pounded,'' Louisiana prepares for another walloping storm. NEW ORLEANS -- Seen from above this week, the city of [...]

You care about the planet, and would like to avoid bottles and other goods made of single-use plastic. But it's complicated. Choosing products with packaging that claims to be ''biodegradable'' [...]

WASHINGTON -- President Trump has initiated the most aggressive environmental deregulation agenda in modern history, but as his first term drives to a close, many of his policies are being [...]

A new study finds that what used to be a rare weather double whammy has been occurring more frequently in recent decades because of climate change. The combination of drought [...]

Staggering rain totals, fueled by a warming atmosphere that can hold more moisture, are being recorded from the storm. As hurricanes go, Sally was not especially powerful. Rated a Category [...]

Basic firefighting techniques have changed little in decades -- but fires themselves are now changing as the world warms, complicating an already perilous profession. The basic techniques for fighting wildfires [...]

The blazes scorching the West highlight the urgency of rethinking fire management policies, as climate change threatens to make things worse. Wildfires are ravaging the West -- in California alone, [...]

Wildfire smoke spreads misery, including health problems, far beyond fire zones. We have key facts and tips. SAN FRANCISCO -- Jennifer Krasner's 4-year-old daughter had been coughing for days. Ms. [...]

The hurricane rolled over a coast studded with oil, gas and chemical plants. Other storms have caused the release of toxic substances, often affecting minority communities. A fire blazed, and [...]