Climate
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Twilight of the Nautilus
What the scientist who has studied the iconic sea creature for 45 years now sees. -
What You Can Learn from Living in Antarctica
Wisdom from the end of the Earth. -
The Greening of Antarctica
Few have witnessed the impact of global warming more closely than this scientist. -
Kim Stanley Robinson Holds Out Hope
The science-fiction author on why climate change doesn’t have to be humanity’s final story. -
The Road Less Traveled to Fusion Energy
This privateer is developing a way to power the world with water and borax.
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Is Net Zero Emissions an Impossible Goal?
What it would take to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air than we put in.
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If Only 19th-Century America Had Listened to a Woman Scientist
Where might the US be if it heeded her discovery of global warming’s source?
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How Imagination Will Save Our Cities
Scientists might need to take a cue from artists to adapt our cities for climate change.
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How to Give Mars an Atmosphere, Maybe
The plan for an artificial Martian magnetosphere may sound “fanciful,” but researchers say that emerging research is starting to show that a miniature magnetosphere can be used to protect humans and spacecraft.NASA Earth is most fortunate to have vast webs of magnetic fields surrounding it. Without them, much of our atmosphere would have been gradually […] -
Is the Modern Mass Extinction Overrated?
We are ignoring the gains that balance the losses. -
To Fix the Climate, Tell Better Stories
The missing climate change narrative. -
When Climate Change Starts Wars
Rising temperatures are bringing ethnic tensions to a boil in Central Asia. -
How Climate Change Could Starve the Monkeys
My sister the scientist makes a startling discovery in an Ugandan jungle.
