Articles by Chad Small
Chad Small is a freelance environmental and data journalist. He is a third-year PhD student in Atmospheric and Climate Science at the University of Washington, researching how information about tropical phenomena can improve our understanding of extreme rainfall and flooding events. He is a former data reporting fellow at Grist and climate change editorial fellow at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He is currently the 2025 AAAS Mass Media fellow with Inside Climate News.
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As private weather forecasting takes off, who is left behind?
As climate change intensifies extreme weather, cities and companies are paying for private forecasting. But what about the places that can't afford it?
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The mental block preventing people from buying electric vehicles
A new study found people greatly underestimate how many of their daily tasks an EV could support.
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Wildfires are still catching us off-guard. Congress’ plan to fix that isn’t going anywhere.
How the proposal to connect federal research agencies and improve wildfire research crashed and burned.
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Despite COP26 pledges, the world is losing way too many trees
A new report says the world's pristine forests were destroyed at a relentless rate in 2021.
