Hurricane Maria stirred up dangerous pollutants on this Puerto Rico waterfront
Aug 16, 2018, 2:28 pm By Nicole Wetsman
Tucked in the southwest corner of Puerto Rico, the town of Guanica sits on the edge of a small bay…Nitrogen pollution is a problem as big as climate change. Science might have a fix.
Aug 16, 2018, 1:36 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Some think nitrogen pollution may be the greatest danger we face. The Stockholm Resilience Center,…The fight for cheap solar is going South
Aug 16, 2018, 7:00 am By Elise Hansen
Chuck Jay worked as a coal miner for nearly three decades before he decided to start his own solar…The Department of Defense wants to protect itself from climate change threats it’s helping to spur
Aug 15, 2018, 4:29 pm By Justine Calma
The Department of Defense may be one of the only parts of the Trump administration that openly…3 charts show the dismal state of science under Trump
Aug 15, 2018, 7:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
The state of science has suffered bigly during President Trump’s first year and a half in office,…Big Oil is spinning the New York Times’ historic climate article as a PR win. It isn’t.
Aug 14, 2018, 3:07 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Turns out, fossil fuel interests love “Losing Earth.” The New York Times Magazine’s massive…Toxic algae has oozed out of lakes and into Florida’s Senate race
5:43pm By Nathanael Johnson
Slimeballs could determine who wins a race for the U.S. Senate. And in this case, slimeballs isn’t…Glacier National Park is on fire — and yes, warming is making things worse
4:40pm By Eric Holthaus
This summer has felt like a global warming turning point. Now, another milestone: Saturday was the…An army of deer ticks carrying Lyme disease is advancing. It will only get worse.
Aug 11, 2018, 9:00 am By Kristen Lombardi
This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity and was co-published with…Why Alaska might seriously consider a carbon tax
Aug 11, 2018, 7:01 am By Zoya Teirstein
Alaska isn’t exactly the first state you’d expect to embrace a price on carbon. Yet the state…Climate change is coming for rich people’s favorite things. Should we care?
Aug 10, 2018, 7:00 am By Shannon Osaka
Climate change is about to start hitting us where it really hurts: our champagne. With temperatures…How engineering the climate could mess with our food
Aug 10, 2018, 7:00 am By Matt Simon
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…The radical history and dockless future of bikeshares
Aug 9, 2018, 7:12 am By Jesse NicholsView the video in your browser Perhaps you’ve seen them: Red, orange, yellow, or green bikes…This electric bike experiment could change how we design cities
Aug 9, 2018, 7:11 am By Amelia Urry
“Sorry about the smell; it’s not usually this bad.” Andrew Infante is watching the rearview…A mental health crisis continues to unfold in Puerto Rico
Aug 8, 2018, 4:00 pm By Amanda Holpuch
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Terrified by ‘hothouse Earth’? Don’t despair, do something.
Aug 7, 2018, 6:57 pm By Eric Holthaus
A team of international researchers released what looks like a blueprint for catastrophe this week.…Caribbean leaders beg Trump to act on climate change
Aug 7, 2018, 6:27 pm By Oliver Milman
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…What’s with Exxon’s big algae push?
Aug 7, 2018, 5:46 pm By Zoya Teirstein
ExxonMobil scientists are working tirelessly on developing a low-carbon fuel to change the way we…President Trump, these are the real reasons California is on fire
Aug 6, 2018, 7:56 pm By Eric Holthaus
President Trump has finally weighed in on the California wildfires that began last month. But it…In defense of using ‘the new normal’ to describe climate change
Aug 6, 2018, 10:14 am By Kate Yoder
It’s been an unusual summer, to say the least. Heat maps keep taking on a red-orange glow, with…
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