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Feb 5

02Climate

Choking Global Trade

Low rainfall and shrinking rivers are causing shipping bottlenecks, and higher prices, around the world.

Claire BrownSep 10

Coal barges in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, last month.

03Climate

The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs

Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to “phase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.

Brad PlumerSep 10

A vendor cooled off with a frozen water bottle in a market in Seoul on Aug. 6.

04Climate

August Ties the Record for Earth’s Hottest Month on the Books

Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.

Raymond ZhongSep 9

A San Joaquin kit fox, an endangered species native to central California. The fox, the smallest fox species in North America, is estimated to have 3,000 to 5,000 individuals remaining.

05Climate

States Sue Over Trump’s Cuts to Endangered Species Rules

Two lawsuits seek to reverse the Trump administration’s moves to open the habitats of imperiled wildlife to commercial activities.

Maxine JoselowSep 9

An email from the Pentagon to members of Congress said PFAS cleanups at nearly 243 military sites had been delayed.

06Climate

Toxic ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanups at Military Sites Face Years of Delay

The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in Congress.

Hiroko TabuchiSep 9

Patients with type 1 narcolepsy experience constant sleepiness and episodes of cataplexy, a sudden loss of muscle control often triggered by happy emotions.

07Science

A New Drug Lifts the Fog of Sleepiness for Those With Narcolepsy

The first-of-its-kind drug offers a reprieve for people who live with the debilitating sleep disorder.

Carolyn Y. JohnsonSep 9

08Climate

California’s Ambitious Plan for Textile Waste

A recycling law coming into force now could change fashion.

Rachel CernanskySep 8

The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa, in January 2025.

09Climate

U.S. to Lend $1.9 Billion to Restart a Shuttered Nuclear Plant in Iowa

No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so.

Brad PlumerSep 8

10Science

Can Geneticists Fight Disease by Targeting ‘Nurture’ Instead of ‘Nature’?

Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.

Emily Baumgaertner NunnSep 8