NYT > World News Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Trump Policy Par :Max Bearak 21 juillet 2025 à 13:03 After Trump pledged to open international waters to mining, The Metals Company sought U.S. permits. But other countries are raising legal concerns. © Tamir Kalifa for The New York TimesA ship chartered by The Metals Company in 2021 to explore the potential of seabed mining.
NYT > World News Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say Par :Max Bearak and Hiroko Tabuchi 12 juillet 2025 à 05:01 Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk. © Jose Jordan/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesFlood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.
NYT > World News A Special ‘Climate’ Visa? People in Tuvalu Are Applying Fast. Par :Max Bearak 27 juin 2025 à 20:43 Nearly half the citizens of the tiny Pacific Island nation have already applied in a lottery for Australian visas amid an existential threat from global warming and sea-level rise. © Mario Tama/Getty ImagesTuvalu is at risk of largely disappearing because of climate change. Floodwaters in the capital in 2019.