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Climate Change

Science

Why Animals Don't Get Lost

Birds do it. Bees do it. Learning about the astounding navigational feats of wild creatures can teach us a lot about where we’re going.

Kathryn Schulz New Yorker Mar 2021 25min Permalink

Science

The ‘Green Energy’ That Might Be Ruining the Planet

The biomass industry is warming up the South’s economy, but many experts worry it’s doing the same to the climate. Will the Biden Administration embrace it, or cut it loose?

Michael Grunwald Politico Mar 2021 30min Permalink

Health

Mental Health and the Modern Fisherman

A notoriously brutal industry is slowly building supports for its workers.

Christina Couch Hakai Magazine Mar 2021 15min Permalink

Arts Politics

Spark Bird

A writer bears witness to New York’s endangered species.

Emily Raboteau Orion Mar 2021 25min Permalink

Science World

A Thin Green Line With Global Impact

During a decade when Cascadia’s governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists fighting fossil fuel exports exceeded their wildest expectations.

Robert McClure Investigate West Jan 2021 15min Permalink

History Science

The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record

Our climate models could be missing something big.

Peter Brannen The Atlantic Feb 2021 Permalink

Business Politics

After Climate-Protection Drift and Despair, A Blueprint for Success Emerges in Cascadia

Washington state’s redoubled climate goals and fresh action plan revive hope to cut emissions. But ongoing fossil fuel development in BC could undercut Cascadia’s progress.

Peter Fairley Investigate West Jan 2021 15min Permalink

Science World

The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try.

A climate scientist spent years trying to get people to pay attention to the disaster ahead. His wife is exhausted. His older son thinks there’s no future. And nobody but him will use the outdoor toilet he built to shrink his carbon footprint.

Elizabeth Weil ProPublica Jan 2021 15min Permalink

Best Article Health Travel

We're Here to See the Great Doomed Thing

A husband’s stroke, the Australian bushfires, and a trip to the Great Barrier Reef.

Robert Moor Outside Dec 2020 25min Permalink

Science

They're Among the World's Oldest Living Things. The Climate Crisis Is Killing Them.

California’s redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees define the American West and nature’s resilience through the ages. Wildfires this year were their deadliest test.

John Branch The New York Times Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Science World

Where Camels Take to the Sea

In Gujarat, India, a special breed of camel is not constrained by land—but cannot escape the many forces of change.

Shanna Baker Hakai Sep 2020 15min Permalink

Science

Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration

Millions will be displaced. Where will they go?

Abrahm Lustgarten The New York Times Magazine Sep 2020 30min Permalink

Science

Before There Was a Spark, There Was the Wind

Here’s how a tiny brush fire became California’s deadliest wildfire.

Paige St. John, Anna M. Phillips, Joseph Serna, Sonali Kohli, Laura Newberry Los Angeles Times Nov 2018 15min Permalink

Best Article Science World

Where Will Everyone Go?

For the first time, data scientists have modeled how climate refugees might move across international borders. This is what they found.

Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Jul 2020 40min Permalink

Science

What’s Going on Inside the Fearsome Thunderstorms of Córdoba Province?

Scientists are studying the extreme weather in northern Argentina to see how it works—and what it can tell us about the monster storms in our future.

Noah Gallagher Shannon New York Times Magazine Jul 2020 25min Permalink

Science

A Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness Is Brewing in the Northeast

EEE kills almost half of its victims, and cases are on the rise.

Oscar Schwartz One Zero Jun 2020 20min Permalink

Travel

The Great Barrier Reef’s Great Big Complicated Story

Headlines have portrayed Australia’s bucket-list destination as dead, or dying. But that’s an oversimplification of a complex story—and the most dire threat from tourism may be what you least expect.

Juli Berwald Afar Apr 2020 15min Permalink

Science

Why Old-Growth Trees Are Crucial to Fighting Climate Change

Nature is already socking away a lot of carbon for us. It could soak up a lot more—if we help.

Brooke Jarvis Wired Apr 2020 25min Permalink

Politics Science

Greta's World

A profile of climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Stephen Rodrick Rolling Stone Mar 2020 15min Permalink

Science

Cold War

Snow science against the avalanche.

James Somers New Yorker Mar 2020 30min Permalink

Politics Science

Is It OK to Have a Child?

The polar icecaps are melting. Is it OK to have a child? Australia is on fire. Is it OK to have a child? My house is flooded, my crops have failed, my community is fleeing. Is it OK to have a child? It is, in a sense, an impossible question.

Meehan Crist London Review of Books Mar 2020 35min Permalink

Business Science

Shell Is Looking Forward

The fossil-fuel companies expect to profit from climate change. I went to a private planning meeting and took notes.

Malcolm Harris New York Mar 2020 30min Permalink

Arts

How to Write Fiction When the Planet Is Falling Apart

A profile of Jenny Offill, whose latest novel addresses climate collapse.

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Parul Sehgal on the Longform Podcast

Parul Sehgal New York Times Magazine Feb 2020 20min Permalink

Science Food

The Bittersweet Bounty of Greenland's First Spring

How climate change is altering food in Greenland.

Michael Paterniti GQ Jan 2020 25min Permalink

Politics Science

Is Nuclear Power Worth the Risk?

After Fukushima, balancing the risk of another disaster against the rising danger of climate change.

Carolyn Kormann New Yorker Dec 2019 30min Permalink

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