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An artistic rendering of the EarthCARE satellite with radio antenna extending from the front and a tail of solar panels sticking off the back flies above the cloudy Earth

A new satellite could help solve one of our climate’s biggest mysteries: Clouds

After 23 years and nearly $900 million, EarthCARE is poised to provide an unprecedented look at how clouds and aerosols shape, and respond to, climate change.

Syris Valentine Science June 7, 2024

Pacific Islanders in traditional outfits performing at an arts festival

A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change

The festival highlights a cultural scene that is threatened by rising seas and dangerous storms.

Anita Hofschneider Culture June 7, 2024

collage of a small farmer, a food scientist, a woman picking up food from a food bank, and a woman grocery shopping with the US capitol building in front of them and bright red stripes in the background

How the shutdown broke America’s food chain — and what happens next

Cash-strapped farmers, gaps in the public safety net, and food inspection backlogs could reshape who eats what in the years to come.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture November 17, 2025

How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars

Efficient appliances used to have bipartisan support. What happened?

Kate Yoder Politics April 23, 2025

digital collage of world map with 3 photo cutouts of different foods with arrows drawn on top

A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is

A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to climate shocks.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture June 19, 2025

With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline

The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture November 7, 2025

A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025

California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.

The fires could cause more than $20 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather January 8, 2025

A shovel is seen leaning against a mud-splattered building with a parking lot awash in mud and water from the intense floods that hit eastern Kentucky in February, 2025.

‘We know what it’s like’: How Appalachian towns are learning to help each other after floods

From the Kentucky floods to Helene and back again, people throughout Appalachia are using their experiences to help others through disaster.

Katie Myers Extreme Weather February 24, 2025

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there — unless you’re a California homeowner

State Farm blamed "rapidly growing catastrophe exposure," along with inflation and reinsurance costs, for fleeing the Golden State ahead of wildfire season.

Naveena Sadasivam Housing June 1, 2023

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