Why carbon dioxide is both friend and foeDecember 02, 2022 – The gas is an essential part of life on Earth—but right now we have too much of a good thing.
Here’s how extreme heat is hurting pregnant womenAugust 25, 2022 – As the world gets hotter, scientists are documenting a spike in preterm and still births, along with underweight babies.
India is reinventing its energy strategy—and the climate may depend on itJuly 14, 2022 – Can the nation meet the demands of a booming middle class while curbing carbon emissions? The planet's future will hinge on the answer.
Inside the Horn of Africa’s hunger crisisNovember 03, 2022 – Drought, conflict, instability, and rising prices are creating unprecedented levels of food insecurity and looming famine, photojournalist reports.
The extraordinary benefits of a house made of mudJanuary 19, 2023 – Mud, a traditional construction material in Africa, more easily keeps buildings cool compared with concrete. Architects are finding ways to keep mud’s beauty and function alive in a warming world.
Welcome to the polar bear capital of the world: ‘It’s kind of epic’December 22, 2022 – In Churchill, Canada, polar bears gather by the hundreds in the fall, waiting for the nearby bay to freeze. The human residents live prepared for the unexpected.
The delicate art of catching fog in the desertMarch 21, 2023 – How do you turn mist into usable water? See how scarcity inspires ingenuity in parched Lima, Peru.
Nature is out of sync—and that’s reshaping everything, everywhereMarch 14, 2023 – Everything in nature—flowering, breeding, migration—lives and dies by a clock that is being recalibrated by climate change. We don’t yet know how severe the consequences may be.
How to compost—and why it’s good for the environmentMarch 30, 2022 – The science behind recycling your food scraps at home and how it reduces emissions from landfills.
They planted a forest at the edge of the desert. From there it got complicated.March 23, 2023 – Trying to judge the success or failure of Yatir, Israel's largest human-made forest, depends on the way you define success. And the person you’re asking.
Oysters are making a comeback on menus and in the water—for nowSeptember 26, 2022 – In the Chesapeake Bay, the once decimated oyster industry is having a renaissance. But the effects of climate change are a looming threat for farmers and oyster lovers.
Tonga's strange volcanic eruption was even more massive than we knewNovember 21, 2022 – The ferocious 2021 explosion blew out 2.3 cubic miles of rock, unleashing a 35-mile-high plume and a global tsunami that sent scientists racing to understand the blast. Now they're finally putting together the pieces.
As climate disasters grow more costly, who should pay the bill?November 04, 2022 – At the U.N.’s annual climate conference, climate justice is finally on the table. Powerful new science is helping make the case.
Climate change goals and oil production are clashing in the U.S.July 19, 2021 – If we’re to avoid extreme warming, all drilling for oil needs to stop now, experts say, but U.S. fossil fuel production is continuing.
What is the ozone layer, and why does it matter?January 10, 2023 – Human activity has damaged this protective layer of the stratosphere, but scientists say the ozone layer is on track for recovery.
Europe burns a controversial ‘renewable’ energy source: trees from the U.S.November 11, 2021 – As world leaders pledge more action on climate change, one so-called solution—burning trees for electricity—could undermine progress.
