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Climate change
The climate power of soil
The ground beneath our feet holds more carbon than the Earth's atmosphere and all its plants combined. Scientists are investigating how to...
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Deep dive
April 22, 2024 Plastic-burning plant pulls out of Pennsylvania community
A chemical company has dropped its plans to burn plastic waste in a small Pennsylvania town, but the industry is still pushing this risky...
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Climate change
January 19, 2024 America’s climate crisis and housing crisis are converging to hurt the most...
The most marginalized are bearing the brunt of climate change-fueled extreme weather. A new index shows where help is needed most.
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Deep dive
January 12, 2024 US farmers seek a different kind of green revolution
In the 1970s, industrial-scale agriculture transformed the world's ability to feed hungry populations. As climate change threatens yields...
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Climate change
November 29, 2023 As El Niño intensifies climate-related storms, the world's food producers turn...
Extreme weather, driven by climate change, was already hitting these farmers and fishers hard. Then El Niño happened. For the world's food...
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People
November 7, 2023 Be a follower: 5 climate change influencers on TikTok to keep you hopeful and...
TikTok can be a great place to learn information, including climate science. Here are five creators you should be following for climate...
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Climate change
September 7, 2023 Climate pollution from global shipping is growing. Can the industry clean up...
Huge ships that carry everything from steel to sneakers across the oceans run on the world’s dirtiest fuel. That’s starting to change — but...
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Explainer
August 9, 2023 Mending the mighty Mississippi
Thirteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Louisiana broke ground on the largest ecosystem restoration project in history. The...
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Explainer
August 1, 2023 Methane: It’s not your grandparents’ climate pollution
Methane is kind of like carbon dioxide's pesky younger sibling. It's often overlooked, but it can still do a lot of damage in a short time...