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The Blind Spot at the Top of the World

February 13, 2026

The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Could Flood the Earth. Can a 50-Mile Wall Stop It?

Christian Elliott

January 31, 2026

The Climate Question That Economists Cannot Answer

January 14, 2026

A globe in a periscope

The World Has Laws About Land and Sea, but Not About Ice

December 26, 2025

a man looks out the window at sea ice

The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice

Michelle Nijhuis

December 18, 2025

Exterior of NCAR, National Center For Atmospheric Research designed by architect I.M. Pei.

Electricity Should Be Free at Noon

December 3, 2025

An orange clock face with a light on at noon

Who’s Ready to Think About Blocking Out the Sun?

Alexander C. Kaufman

November 24, 2025

a plane streaks something across the sky

Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future

November 23, 2025

a group of people are silhouetted by the light at the entrance of a pavilion at COP30 in Brasil

What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century

Vann R. Newkirk II

December 2025 Issue

Color photo of debris from a house completely destroyed by wildfire except its fireplace chimney.

The Myth of the Campus Snowflake

Christopher L. Eisgruber

September 30, 2025

A small circle of green chairs with attached desks and writing tools

America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy

August 8, 2025

Graphic illustration of a globe showing the United States on a planet by itself.

Like AC for the Outdoors

July 22, 2025

Painting showing a shady park

How the Right Is Waging War on Climate-Conscious Investing

Steven Mufson and Tom Hamburger

July 18, 2025

An illustration of a melting globe atop an ice cream cone that's wrapped in a dollar bill

How to Keep on the Sunny Side of Life

Arthur C. Brooks

July 10, 2025

An illustration of a man lying on a smiling pool lounger

A New Concept for Fighting Climate Change

May 26, 2025

A five-pointed leaf sitting in standing water, shimmering with sunlight with a couple drops of water on top.

What a Microscopic Creature Taught Me About Parenting

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder

April 6, 2025

Various examples of forams

The Truth About Trump’s Greenland Campaign

March 28, 2025

People sit around a table with a map of the Arctic on it.

The Trump Administration’s Environmental Pile-On

March 7, 2025

america falling into a barrel of hazardous waste

The American Weather Forecast Is in Trouble

February 28, 2025

A pile of weather reports

The Golden Age of Antarctic Science May Be Ending

February 28, 2025

Illustration of melting ice in the shape of a white star against a blue background

‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up

February 21, 2025

Trump Could Start a New Pipeline Fight

February 19, 2025

an oil derrick atop a pile of money

Shipwrecked in the Amazon

March 2025 Issue

photo with aerial view of dried riverbed stretching into the distance, marked with dozens of smaller channels

Be Like Sisyphus

January 22, 2025

Photo illustration of storm clouds over a black sky.

Eat Less Beef. Eat More Ostrich?

January 8, 2025

Gas Will Be the First Big Climate Fight of the Trump Era

December 18, 2024

A natural-gas pipeline being laid in Pennsylvania

Environmental Internationalism Is in Its Flop Era

December 13, 2024

a match whose tip looks like the Earth

Winter Is Cooked

December 5, 2024

A snow globe with a little house and snowman in it filled with rain

A New Reckoning for Nuclear Energy

December 2, 2024

inside a nuclear plant in california, a series of three large silver pipes bend at right angles

Climate Diplomacy’s $300 Billion Failure

November 24, 2024

flooded Pakistan

Drought Is an Immigration Issue

November 18, 2024

An air interdiction helicopter from U.S. Customs and Border Protection flies past a drought-stricken pond by the U.S.-Mexico border

Trump Is Handing China a Golden Opportunity on Climate

November 11, 2024

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are positioned in front of an American flag.

A Tiny Petrostate Is Running the World’s Climate Talks

November 5, 2024

an oil pump works a nearby hill in Baku, Azerbaijan

The Farmers Subletting Their Fields to Birds

October 19, 2024

Migrating tundra swans fly over a flooded rice field in Marysville, California.

The Truth About Hurricane Geoengineering

October 12, 2024

A meteorologist points to a big blue screen displaying wind data from hundreds of weather stations

Florida’s Risky Bet

October 10, 2024

Three people stand against the wall of a house; a downed tree and street signs are in the foreground.