Climate & Energy
Climate feedback loops, the energy transition, and the cascading consequences of a warming world.
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Climate & Energy
The Forest Service Reorganization Is Repeating a Familiar and Costly Mistake
The Trump administration's Forest Service overhaul is drawing painful comparisons to the BLM relocation debacle, and the stakes this time are even higher.
Climate & Energy
One Acre, One Vote: The Obscure Arizona Election That Could Reshape Clean Energy
A climate slate and Turning Point USA are clashing over an Arizona utility election where landowners vote by the acre, and the outcome could echo nationally.
Climate & Energy
Inside the Contract Poultry System That Keeps Farmers Trapped and Dependent
Craig Watts raises chickens he doesn't own, under rules he didn't write, on land mortgaged to a system critics say is designed to keep him dependent.
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1 Apr 2026
Pocket Gardens Are Quietly Rewiring How Cities Handle Heat and Mental Health
Pocket gardens are more than pretty, they are rewriting urban heat, mental health, and the economics of who gets to stay in a greening city.
1 Apr 2026
Australia's Superb Fairywren Could Vanish Within a Generation, Climate Data Shows
Nearly 30 years of weekly field data suggest Australia's beloved superb fairywren could be extinct within decades, and the cause is disturbingly ordinary.
1 Apr 2026
The Ocean Is Absorbing Earth's Excess Heat, and the Food System Is Paying the Price
The ocean has absorbed over 90% of Earth's excess heat, and the cascading damage to global food systems is only beginning to surface.
31 Mar 2026
Glacier Tourism Is Booming. The Glaciers Are Disappearing Because of It.
Glacier tourism is growing precisely because glaciers are disappearing — and the carbon cost of getting there is helping ensure they do.
30 Mar 2026
A Supervolcano Near Japan Is Quietly Recharging Its Magma System
Fresh magma is flowing into the Kikai caldera's reservoir, and the chemistry of recent eruptions confirms this ancient supervolcano is actively recharging.
30 Mar 2026
Dengue Is Spreading North. Brazil and Peru May Have the Playbook to Stop It
Brazil and Peru are deploying radical mosquito science to fight dengue. As climate change pushes the disease northward, the U.S. may need to learn fast.
27 Mar 2026
Germany's Autobahn Speed Debate Reveals a Nation Torn Between Identity and Necessity
Germany's refusal to cap Autobahn speeds during an energy crisis reveals how national identity can quietly override rational policy, with consequences that will outlast the debate.
25 Mar 2026
What Salt Lake's Collapse Teaches Us About Building Cities in the Wrong Place
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking fast, and the forces driving its collapse are the same ones that make it nearly impossible to stop.
25 Mar 2026
Reform UK's Climate Denial Is Colliding With the Flood-Soaked Reality of Its Own Voters
Reform UK's climate skepticism is running headlong into the flood-soaked living rooms of its own constituents in Lincolnshire, and the reckoning is just beginning.
25 Mar 2026
The Global Center on Adaptation Has a New CEO. Rebuilding It Will Take More Than That
Madagascar's Rindra Rabarinirinarison takes the helm of the Global Center on Adaptation — but rebuilding donor trust may be harder than the job itself.
