EditorialTyrel Obrecht holds a bunch of green needle grass in a cattle pasture on their family's ranch near Turner, Mont., on Oct. 22, 2021. (Louise Johns/The New York Times)
EditorialOil invades marsh at Pass a Loutre, Louisiana, from the sunken BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, Gulf of Mexico, United States - 29 May 2010
EditorialWallace Shawn, left, and Larry Pine in a scene from "The Designated Mourner" at the Public Theater, in New York, June 25, 2013. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialWallace Shawn, left, and Larry Pine in "The Designated Mourner," at the Public Theater in New York, June 25, 2013. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialGroves of eucalyptus trees that were burned in wildfires at the beginning of June in Pa'auilo, Hawaii, June 26, 2021. (Michelle Mishina Kunz/The New York Times)
EditorialCattle in a temporary paddock or ”inclusion zone,” used for intensive grazing, at Needmore Creek Ranch near Canadian, Texas, Jan. 21, 2021. (Brett Deering/The New York Times)
EditorialCattle in a temporary paddock or ”inclusion zone,” used for intensive grazing, at Needmore Creek Ranch near Canadian, Texas, Jan. 21, 2021. (Brett Deering/The New York Times)
EditorialPurple grasses along the path of the Robert W. Wilson Overlook at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York, Oct. 14, 2020. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialA portion of Schunnemunk Fork by Richard Serra at Storm King Art Center, in Cornwall, N.Y., on July 8, 2020. (Bryan Derballa/The New York Times)
EditorialA portion of Schunnemunk Fork by Richard Serra at Storm King Art Center, in Cornwall, N.Y., on July 8, 2020. (Bryan Derballa/The New York Times)