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As heat waves strain the power grid, passive cooling can help homes stay safer when the air goes out.
As heat waves strain the power grid, passive cooling can help homes stay safer when the air goes out.
Oceans absorb our climate sins; now, they are heating up, too.
Air conditioning is not a moral failure.
The world seems filled with toxic substances. What do we do about it?
The latest in Climate
4 scientists explain why the Reflecting Pool may be green instead of blue on July 4.
It’s so hot that France is restricting alcohol.
Scientists are trying to make mosquitoes less terrible — but not to eradicate them.
Your gas could be a lot more expensive right now. Thank Xi Jinping.
The climate transition needs more mining. But does it need this mine?
The world’s biggest sporting event has been heating up.
The world’s “eyes and ears of the ocean” monitor storms, climate, and biodiversity. Now they’re being “descoped.”
It starts with setting up big bug traps in two of the city’s most iconic parks.
New York City is full of undiscovered animal species. This summer, we’ll be looking for them.
The contradiction at the core of big-money environmental giving.
There are more than 400 National Park Service sites. Here are some of the hidden gems.
Coal’s century at the top of the world’s power mix is over.
What comes next will depend on us.
Climate expert Matt Huber explains why Democrats should focus on other issues.
And the summer crowds are coming.
Scientists say they’ve found more than 1,100 new marine species over the last year, emphasizing how unexplored the ocean really is.
No bunker required: Your guide to prepping for natural disasters, pandemics, and more when you live in a city.
“Weather whiplash” is fueling blazes across Florida and the region.
Extreme heat is already wiping out soy, coffee, berries, and Christmas trees. Farm animals and humans are suffering too.
Yes, it hurts to be human right now. That’s actually the assignment.
The city is part of “the most physically vulnerable coastline in the world.”
Glycol vapors, explained.
From taxes on nicotine to hotel rooms, states are looking for ways to pay the skyrocketing bill.
El Niño is coming. And its impacts may last far longer than it does.
What you didn’t know about Mennonites, soy, and Bolivia.
The link between gun sales and conservation, explained.
The cognitive trap that’s making us underestimate the Iran crisis.
The enormous environmental toll of meat and dairy, explained in 8 charts.
America’s fishing paradox.
These are eight of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.
Lionfish leather and AI to reduce bird collisions: See all the innovations that a new “biodiversity” VC firm is backing.
Batteries that could help drive the switch to renewable energy are already, well, driving.
Are we paying for infrastructure we won’t need?
The reality behind Trump’s push to log more public forests is weirdly complicated.
Scientists are keeping their climate work alive by any other name.
Ski slopes are closed, sprinklers are banned, and more restrictions are still to come.
The world’s poorest countries are paying the price for a war they didn’t start.
Gas — and lots of others things — are still getting more expensive.
Just 51 of these whales are left on Earth. Trump officials may have just doomed them.