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Smoke plumes from burning piles of clothing in sand dunes

A mountain of used clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames.

Julia Shipley & Muriel Alarcón International January 3, 2024

Airborne DNA is being used to detect insect species, a breakthrough for ecologists

The technique has ‘huge potential’ for monitoring decline in biodiversity, say scientists.

Patrick Barkham Science January 5, 2022

Collage of bed floating in air with an earth that is on fire underneath it

Study: Warming temperatures are eroding our ability to sleep

Climate change is keeping us up at night in more ways than one.

Zoya Teirstein Climate May 20, 2022

Rolling hills and forest are interrupted by an enclosure with a gas installation.

Amid fracking boom, Pennsylvania faces toxic wastewater reckoning

A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.

Stacey Burling, Inside Climate News Energy April 30, 2023

A person stands in front of a panel showing the Earth on fire

Is accepting the end of humanity the key to climate action? This scholar thinks so.

“This is not another ‘before it’s too late’ book. This is a ‘what if it’s already too late?’ book.”

Diana Kruzman Culture July 29, 2022

A man stands on a hill under a cloudy sky as water pours from a pipe.

Texas’ water infrastructure is broken, jeopardizing quality and supply for a growing state

On a daily basis, water managers in cities across the state move from crisis to crisis hoping to keep the water flowing to residents.

Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune & Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune Drought May 13, 2023

Illustration of Black hand reaching for red plums on a peach background

Cities are planting trees. Why not make them fruit trees?

From backyards to sidewalks, communities in Philadelphia and beyond see food-bearing trees as a path to food justice and climate adaptation.

Marigo Farr Food September 13, 2022

Migrants, most from Haiti, trek through the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, on their journey towards the United States

‘Disappointing’: The US’s first climate migration report falls flat

“We went from a bold call and vision to, well, nothing.”

María Paula Rubiano A. & Adam Mahoney Climate October 25, 2021

Smoke from California's Blue Ridge Fire turned skies a hazy orange.

New study strengthens link between wildfire smoke and severe COVID

Smoke from last year’s West Coast wildfires was associated with almost 20,000 excess COVID-19 cases.

Joseph Winters Climate August 16, 2021

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