With US Absent, China Asserts Itself at World’s Biggest Climate Summit China’s COP30 leadership goes beyond pledges with its product showcase Text and photographs by Nour Ghantous November 17, 2025 In this story: climate change, international climate policy, climate negotiations, Trump
Hurricane Melissa Is a Reminder of Our Dangerous New Reality as the Climate Crisis Accelerates Scientists warn that “we are now pushing the limits of extreme rapid intensification” By Dana Drugmand November 14, 2025 In this story: climate change, extreme weather
COP30 Forges Ahead as World’s Biggest Emitter, the United States, Stays Absent With no delegation, the US has left a vacuum that others are already filling Text and photographs by Nour Ghantous November 13, 2025 In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, international climate policy, Trump
Plug-In Solar Power Could Be Coming to a Balcony Near You The small devices are poised to make energy even more affordable By Dana Drugmand November 7, 2025 In this story: solar, urban planning, renewable energy
This Natural Disaster Has Upended Life for Rural Alaskans Storms like Typhoon Halong will only get worse as fossil fuel emissions continue to rise By Bailey Berg November 5, 2025 In this story: Alaska, climate change, arctic, fossil fuels, disaster relief
These Inuit Maps Are Reimagining the Arctic Counter-mapping projects are supporting Indigenous sovereignty in a shifting landscape By Chloe Berge November 2, 2025 In this story: indigenous communities, arctic, climate change, culture
An “Energy Dominance” Agenda Puts Alaskan Wildlife at Risk Full-on extraction of oil and gas imperils one of the most undeveloped regions of the country By Lynda V. Mapes October 29, 2025 In this story: dirty energy, conservation, Trump, arctic, saving wild places
Two Florida Coral Species Were Nearly Wiped Out by a Heat Wave Corals are the canary in the coal mine for oceans, and they’re sending researchers troubling signals By Jennifer Reed October 23, 2025 In this story: marine ecosystems, climate change, saving wild places, animals, wildlife
A Megadrought Is Reshaping Birdlife in the Southwest A recent bad year for elegant trogons is only the latest in a string of changes By William von Herff October 21, 2025 In this story: drought, Desert, wildlife, birds, climate change
Earth Breaches Seventh Planetary Boundary as Oceans Become More Acidic The planet is increasingly in danger of exiting the “safe operating space” for life By Marigo Farr October 17, 2025 In this story: climate change