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Environment

This Forest Survived a Megafire

Saving it involved destroying it twice

September 8, 2025

You Can Help NASA Track Hurricane Damage

Cell phone photos can help in recovery efforts

September 8, 2025

Cities Obey the Laws of Living Things

All towns, big and small, are animals

September 5, 2025

Extreme Heat Will Change You

High temperatures can alter our bodies at the molecular level

August 27, 2025

When Our World Was a Wasteland

During the Permian, Earth was without climate guardrails

August 22, 2025

It’s a Plastic World, After All

This ride through plastic waste emerges with hope

August 20, 2025

With Regard to the Invisible

The climates that run through us

August 19, 2025

We’re All Connected

Welcome to the Climates Issue

Stalagmites Offer Clues to Maya Mystery

Chemical fingerprints point to reason for collapse

August 14, 2025

They Came for Climate Science. Then the Storms Came.

The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts

August 13, 2025

Is Solving the Plastic Problem a Moral Issue?

The Dalai Lama, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Vatican weigh in

August 13, 2025

Can Humanity Stem the Plastic Tide?

Plastic pollution is costing the world $1.5 trillion a year in health-related losses

August 12, 2025