Environment

When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins....

Mark Poynting and Erwan RivaultBBC Climate & Data teamsPlanet LabsThe area of the UK burnt by wildfires so far this year is already higher than the total for any year in more than a decade, satellite data suggests.More than...

Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent, BBC News•@hbriggsGetty ImagesOn the coasts, conservation experts say there has been a crop of sightings of whales and dolphins close to British shores – and though it's difficult to pin down a reason, warming seas and...

The Climate Fix is our twice-a-month guide to the most important solutions to climate change across the world. Have comments about what we should cover? Email us at climateforward@nytimes.com.For almost a decade, Radia, a company based in Boulder, Colo.,...

In 1995, World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin warned that whereas the conflicts of the previous 100 years had been over oil, “the wars of the next century will be fought over water.”Thirty years on,...

Lithium-ion batteries are quietly powering large parts of the world, including electric vehicles and smartphones. They have revolutionized how people store and use energy. But as these batteries become more central to daily life, they...

President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that is opposed by nearly all other nations, which consider international waters off limits to this kind...

Justin RowlattClimate EditorBBCListen to Justin read this articleJust Stop Oil (JSO) activists are dusting down their placards, digging out their infamous fluorescent orange vests, and charging up their loud hailers — a routine they have gone through many a...

City-sized icebergs once drifted past the coast of Britain when ice sheets covering much of northern Europe were in...

Bitcoin crossed $94,000 on April 23, triggering liquidations worth $635.9 million across crypto markets in 24 hours. According to CoinGlass data, more than $560 million of that came from short positions. Bitcoin led the way with $230...