Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
At Climate Week NYC, Advocates for Plant-Based Diets Make Their Case for the Climate
By Georgina Gustin
Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?
By Nina B. Elkadi
AI Is Everywhere Now—and It’s Sucking Up a Lot of Water
Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth
‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Helene Makes Landfall in Florida, Menaces the Southeast
By Amy Green
Focus on the ‘Forgotten Greenhouse Gas’ Intensifies as All Eyes Are on the U.S. and China to Curb Pollution
By Phil McKenna
Unprecedented Numbers of Florida Manatees Have Died in Recent Years. New Habitat Protections Could Help Them
By Amy Green
Baltimore Is Investing in Wetlands Restoration, a Climate Line of Defense
By Aman Azhar
A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Summer
Text and photos by David Sassoon
North America’s Biggest Food Companies Are Struggling to Lower Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Georgina Gustin
‘Grim Outlook’ for Thwaites Glacier
By Bob Berwyn
New Study Suggests Major Climate Reports May Be Underestimating Drought Risks
By Bob Berwyn
Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
The Key to Fix California’s Inadequate Water Storage? Put Water Underground, Scientists Say
By Caroline Marshall Reinhart
How to Talk to Anxious Children About Climate Change
By Nina Dietz
Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
By Kristoffer Tigue
‘Weather Whiplash’ Helped Drive This Year’s California Wildfires
By Caroline Marshall Reinhart