stLouISTWhen ocean temperatures increase, so does child malnutrition on land
Researchers are just discovering this troubling consequence of climate change, but they still don't know why it happens.
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Manhattan’s flood walls are almost done. What will Mamdani do next?
The new mayor wants to invest in coastal resilience, but he will have to decide which areas of the city to protect.
West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change
Adam Kalkstein compared the administration’s order to trying to teach the law without mentioning the Constitution.
How rising temperatures likely contributed to Nepal’s deadly flood
Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.
Nevada preached peace on the Colorado River. Now it’s suing to protect its water.
The state’s lawsuit claims the federal government’s plan for the river could strip Las Vegas of two-thirds of its water supply.
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
New guidance from the EPA takes away one of the most reliable tools for tracking pollution from power plants — and encourages data centers to build their own.
How to deal with burnout on a burning planet
Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to two readers facing paralysis from different points in their climate journeys.
In the American West, wildfire comes for the suburbs
Despite decades of warnings, neighborhoods in Reno and Spokane have sprawled ever closer to a hotter, drier wilderness.
New research shows the world isn’t doing nearly enough to fix its food problem
Emissions from agriculture are trending up, but experts say progress must continue even as we blow past global deadlines.
‘Starwashing’: The new space race has an environmental problem
Tech billionaires say they want to make life better on Earth. Here's what they're not talking about.
On Louisiana’s disappearing coast, a natural gas terminal is poised to become the largest in the US
Fast-tracked by the Trump administration, the $18 billion expansion would more than double the size of Plaquemines LNG.
The fossil fuel industry is spending record amounts to keep California from regulating it
In the first half of this year, oil and gas interests poured more than $17 million into fighting climate and worker-safety legislation.
The great American road trip is in peril
Along my family's 9,000-mile trip this summer, our days whiplashed between grandeur and extreme weather crises.
US companies are on the cusp of big climate solutions. Thank the government.
The Department of Energy’s moonshot funding program is working. President Trump seems inclined to keep it.
Offshore wind power projects are flailing, just when the East Coast needs them most
The region needs a lot of new electricity and wants it to be clean. The Trump administration and economic headwinds crippled its best solution.
Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.
But the region’s long industrial and nuclear history has left more toxic legacies, too.
Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world.
Even meteorologists are baffled by the Midwestern tornado season
More than 200 tornadoes have hit Illinois this year. Here's how the twisters form, and how climate change might be influencing them.
Trump ordered to release billions in climate grants meant for Black communities
From the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, to sewage problems in Alabama, stalled projects could get new life after federal court rulings.
Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’
Firefighters describe being pushed to limit by a brutal wildfire season, with key leadership roles going unfilled.