climate change

June 26, 2024

Two hikers walk on a path in front of barren mountains

Science

India Is Building a Mega-River

Sushmita Pathak

June 23, 2024

A bridge stretches over a wide river in India in thick fog.

Planet

Triple-Digit Highs Can Be Misleading

Kylie Mohr

June 22, 2024

A super-tall thermometer surrounded by a circle of people

Science

We Ruined Rain

Marina Koren

June 20, 2024

A resident walks along a flooded street after rainstorms slammed northern California, in the coastal town of Aptos, on January 5, 2023

Science

Miami Is Entering a State of Unreality

Mario Alejandro Ariza

June 18, 2024

Two people make their way down a street in Miami so flooded that it's essentially a lake.

Planet

June 9, 2024

A cruise ship travels in Alaska against a backdrop of fjords and glaciers.

Books

To Have or Not Have Children

Anna Louie Sussman

May 30, 2024

Science

‘La Niña Really Can’t Come Soon Enough’

Marina Koren

May 29, 2024

An illustration of Earth in space, cast in various shades of red

Science

No One Really Understands Clouds

Zoë Schlanger

May 28, 2024

Cloudlike white forms in the shape of an eye against a sky-blue background

Science

Washington State Has Been Sitting on a Secret Weapon Against Climate Change

Natalia Mesa

May 26, 2024

Science

Don’t Read This If You Love Oysters

Devon Fredericksen

May 25, 2024

A gif of an oyster fades and disappears, against a blue background

Ideas

The Next Front in the War Against Climate Change

Brian Deese

May 24, 2024

A windmill getting tangled by an electrical cord

Books

What the Author of Frankenstein Knew About Human Nature

Ilana Masad

April 26, 2024

Science

It’s Really Hard to Rebuild a Marsh

Erica Gies

April 20, 2024

Brown marshland coming up against a green sea

Planet

Playing God With the Atmosphere

Marina Koren

April 18, 2024

An abandoned vehicle floats in floodwater.

Health

Chocolate Might Never Be the Same

Yasmin Tayag

April 12, 2024

An illustration of chocolate candies disappearing

Planet

A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change

Kathleen DuVal

April 2, 2024

Science

The Clock Is Running Out on Migratory Birds

Natalia Mesa

March 31, 2024

Illustration of two western tanager birds on a vine

Planet

Too Few Americans Are Eating a Remarkable Fruit

Zoë Schlanger

March 28, 2024

Two yellow-green breadfruits on a branch with large leaves in the sun

The Atlantic Daily

How Climate Change Is Making Allergy Season Worse

Lora Kelley

March 27, 2024

Science

Most of This Island Disappeared in Just a Decade

Tommy Trenchard

March 24, 2024

An aeriel view of Nyangai Island, in Sierra Leone

Science

Extreme Heat Toasted the Caribbean’s Corals

Lisa S. Gardiner

March 17, 2024

Soft coral, or Gorgonians, on a reef at the Sea of Cortez, in Baja California, Mexico

Planet

The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone

Marina Koren

March 7, 2024

An illustration of the ocean, rendered in deep blues and greens, with two spheres of orange overlayed on top of it

Planet

Goodbye to Biden’s First Climate Envoy

Zoë Schlanger

March 4, 2024

Science

A Persistent Lightning Mystery Has Finally Been Solved

Chris Vagasky

March 3, 2024

Lightning strikes above a small city at nighttime, a Joshua tree in the foreground.

Science

A Climate Reckoning Is Coming for the Next President

Zoë Schlanger

February 12, 2024

Two black mailboxes in the foreground partially obscure stacks of an industrial facility billowing white steam in the background

Planet

Why Biden Handed Climate Activists a Huge Victory

Zoë Schlanger

January 26, 2024

Time-Travel Thursdays

A Counterintuitive Effect of Global Warming

Zoë Schlanger

January 25, 2024

A GIF of many orange arrows moving, showing the pattern of ocean-current circulation

Planet

Prepare for a ‘Gray Swan’ Climate

Zoë Schlanger

January 22, 2024

The Earth in grayscale, against a black background

Ideas

A Slightly Hotter World Could Still Be a Better One

Hannah Ritchie

January 17, 2024

Image of an orchard next to an image of a big yellow sun in a red sky

The Atlantic Daily

The Feeling of Losing Snow

Lora Kelley

January 11, 2024

Two people under a red umbrella walk in a snowy Central Park

Sections

The Print Edition

A New Danger at America’s National Parks

India Is Building a Mega-River

Triple-Digit Highs Can Be Misleading

We Ruined Rain

Miami Is Entering a State of Unreality

The Koala Paradox

A Wild Plan to Avert Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise

What America Owes the Planet

What Will Become of American Civilization?

In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World

Cruise Ships Aren’t Ready for Instant Tsunamis

To Have or Not Have Children

‘La Niña Really Can’t Come Soon Enough’

No One Really Understands Clouds

Washington State Has Been Sitting on a Secret Weapon Against Climate Change

Don’t Read This If You Love Oysters

The Next Front in the War Against Climate Change

What the Author of Frankenstein Knew About Human Nature

It’s Really Hard to Rebuild a Marsh

Playing God With the Atmosphere

Chocolate Might Never Be the Same

A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change

The Clock Is Running Out on Migratory Birds

Too Few Americans Are Eating a Remarkable Fruit

How Climate Change Is Making Allergy Season Worse

Most of This Island Disappeared in Just a Decade

Extreme Heat Toasted the Caribbean’s Corals

The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone

Goodbye to Biden’s First Climate Envoy

A Persistent Lightning Mystery Has Finally Been Solved

A Climate Reckoning Is Coming for the Next President

Why Biden Handed Climate Activists a Huge Victory

A Counterintuitive Effect of Global Warming

Prepare for a ‘Gray Swan’ Climate

A Slightly Hotter World Could Still Be a Better One

The Feeling of Losing Snow