Asphalt Schoolyards Get a Shady Makeover NYT | Top Stories By: Somini Sengupta 19 September 2024 at 23:22 Schools across the country are adding trees, tent-like structures and water to their playgrounds as temperatures soar. © Caitlin O'Hara for The New York TimesRecess at Highland Arts Elementary School in Mesa, Ariz.
Floods Wreak Havoc Across Four Continents NYT | Top Stories By: Austyn Gaffney and Somini Sengupta 19 September 2024 at 02:33 Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare? © Filip Singer/EPA, via ShutterstockThe swollen Elbe river in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday.