EditorialKayakers paddle down King Street in St. Augustine, as Ian, now a tropical storm, passes through northeastern Florida on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)
EditorialKayakers near Cadaqués, Spain, once frequented by Salvador Dalí and where an offshore wind farm is set to be approved by the Spanish government, on June 18, 2022. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
EditorialPart of a skull, believed to be about 8,000 years old, found in the Minnesota River in September 2021. (Renville County Sheriff's Office via The New York Times)
EditorialPart of a skull, believed to be about 8,000 years old, found in the Minnesota River in September 2021. (Renville County Sheriff's Office via The New York Times)
EditorialKayakers on the Oxford Canal near Banbury, England, pass Rachel Bruce and Chris Hall’s canal boat, moored on the left bank, on June 19, 2021. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)
EditorialKayakers on the Oxford Canal near Banbury, England, pass Rachel Bruce and Chris Hall’s canal boat, moored on the left bank, on June 19, 2021. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)
EditorialSea otters, which can eat nearly 1,000 sea urchins a day, have seen their numbers along Alaska’s Aleutian Islands shrink by 90 percent in recent decades. (Scott Dickerson/The New York Times)
EditorialSea otters, which can eat nearly 1,000 sea urchins a day, have seen their numbers along Alaska’s Aleutian Islands shrink by 90 percent in recent decades. (Scott Dickerson/The New York Times)
EditorialSea otters, which can eat nearly 1,000 sea urchins a day, have seen their numbers along Alaska’s Aleutian Islands shrink by 90 percent in recent decades. (Scott Dickerson/The New York Times)
EditorialKayakers paddle along the Thames River past London Bridge, a traffic artery for the financial district that is also partly closed for repairs, in London on Sept. 4, 2020. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)