The Big Thaw: How Russia Could Dominate a Warming World
Climate change is propelling enormous human migrations as it transforms global agriculture and remakes the world order — and no country stands to gain more than Russia.
Climate change is propelling enormous human migrations as it transforms global agriculture and remakes the world order — and no country stands to gain more than Russia.
Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Dec 2020 Permalink
Millions will be displaced. Where will they go?
Abrahm Lustgarten The New York Times Magazine Sep 2020 30min Permalink
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
How a U.S. law intended to reduce dependence on fossil fuels has unleashed an environmental disaster in Indonesia.
Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Nov 2018 35min Permalink
An investigation into how the American military disposes of its waste.
Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Jul 2017 40min Permalink
The hedge fund manager making a bet that Wall Street can solve the water crisis in the West.
Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Feb 2016 25min Permalink
An investigation into why the West is running out of water.
The labyrinth of policies that reward Arizona farmers for growing cotton, which uses six times as much water as lettuce and 60 percent more than wheat.
The woman who found the water to keep Las Vegas growing, for better or worse.
How a century-old water deal is encouraging waste and worsening the drought.
How the achievement of moving water comes at an enormous cost to the environment.
Ground water and surface water stores are interconnected. But we count them twice.
Abrahm Lustgarten, Naveena Sadasivam ProPublica May–Jul 2015 1h55min Permalink