Polar Bears’ Path to Decline Runs Through Alaskan Village
The bears that come here are climate refugees, on land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding.
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3-D Printing the Young Universe as a Lumpy Softball
Scientists have devised a blueprint for the early universe that can be brought to life with a 3-D printer.
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CreditSpencer Platt/Getty Images As Trump Signals Climate Action Pullback, Local Leaders Push Forward
Governors and mayors say they are determined to continue with plans to address climate change, no matter what a Trump administration may do.
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The Gooey Details Behind a Glow Worm’s Starry Night Illusions
In the Waitomo caves of New Zealand, the insects use bioluminescence and silk threads of a sticky substance to catch prey.
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Credit Visualizing the Invisible Drivers of Climate Change
A new visualization from NASA illustrates the concentration of carbon dioxide around the globe over the course of a year.
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CreditDon Ryan/Associated Press Feeling a Chill? Blame the Polar Vortex. And Global Warming.
A blast of Arctic air is freezing the northern United States, driven by the jet stream and perhaps made more extreme by climate change.
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CreditClockwise from top left: Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times; Eliot Dudik for The New York Times; Eranga Jayawardena, via Associated Press; Brynn Anderson, via Associated Press Climate Change News That Stuck With Us in 2016
Here’s a selection of Times reporters’ most memorable stories of the year, with a focus on climate change and related environmental issues.
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Here's a selection of Science desk reporters' most memorable stories of the year, with a focus on archaeology, biology and space.
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CreditThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies Scientists Say the Clock of Aging May Be Reversible
The technique, discovered by a team at the Salk Institute and tested in mice, cannot be applied directly to people, but it points toward better understanding of human aging.
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CreditKeith Sepe Swimming With the Mysterious Sardine Disco Balls of the Philippines
Around a handful of beaches on the island of Cebu, divers can swim with sparkling aggregations of fish that collect in “bait balls.”
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CreditAndrew Whitehead Rapid Evolution Saved This Fish From Pollution, Study Says
Distinct populations of Atlantic killifish developed adaptations that helped them survive in waters tainted by toxic leftovers of industrial manufacturing.
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CreditWilliam Pinder The Freaky Food Chain Behind Your Lobster Dinner
If you trace most food chains back far enough, you get sunlight. But trace back that of the Caribbean spiny lobster, and you get swamp gas.
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CreditChung-tat Cheung That Thing With Feathers Trapped in Amber? It Was a Dinosaur Tail
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CreditJason Zhu Secrets of the Orchid Mantis
Some praying mantis females are much larger than males, because they mimic flowers to attract prey.
