Articles by Matt Simon

Biden wants $10 billion for a climate army. It’s not enough.

The Civilian Climate Corps would put people to work preparing the nation for hotter heat waves and fiercer storms. They'll need a lot more money to succeed.

Wildfire smoke is loaded with microbes. Is that dangerous?

Researchers are putting out a call to study the potential effects of bacteria- and fungi-filled haze on human health.

These rare seeds escaped Syria’s war — to help feed the world

Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island.

FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps helped repair the country. Is it time to revive it?

If the U.S. brought back the Great Depression’s massive worker program, it could put millions of Americans back to work — and help stave off disasters like wildfires.