Environment & Health

Warming Trends: Sports and Climate Change in Texas, a Community Housing Project Named after Rachel Carson and an E-Bike Conversion Kit for Your Bicycle

A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier.

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A Teenage Floridian Has Spent Half His Life Involved in Climate Litigation. He’s Not Giving Up

By Amy Green

Progress in Baby Steps: Westside Atlanta Lead Cleanup Slowly Earns Trust With Help From Local Institutions

By Aydali Campa

Study Underscores That Exposure to Air Pollution Harms Brain Development in the Very Young

By Victoria St. Martin

A Fear of Gentrification Turns Clearing Lead Contamination on Atlanta’s Westside Into a ‘Two-Edged Sword’ for Residents

By Aydali Campa

In Atlanta, Work on a New EPA Superfund Site Leaves Black Neighborhoods Wary, Fearing Gentrification

By Aydali Campa

Warming Trends: A Possible Link Between Miscarriages and Heat, Trash-Eating Polar Bears and a More Hopeful Work of Speculative Climate Fiction

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A Federal Judge Wants More Information on Polluting Discharges From Baltimore’s Troubled Sewage Treatment Plants

By Aman Azhar

At the Greater & Greener Conference, Urban Parks Officials and Advocates Talk Equity and Climate Change

By Daelin Brown

Mangrove Tree Offspring Travel Through Water Currents. How will Changing Ocean Densities Alter this Process?

By Hannah Loss

When the Power Goes Out, Who Suffers? Climate Epidemiologists Are Now Trying to Figure That Out

By Laura Baisas

A Collision of Economics and History: In Pennsylvania, the Debate Over Climate is a Bitter One

By David Shribman

A Vast Refinery Site in Philadelphia Is Being Redeveloped and Called ‘The Bellwether District.’ But for Black Residents Nearby, Justice Awaits

By Victoria St. Martin

Warming Trends: Chilling in a Heat Wave, Healthy Food Should Eat Healthy Too, Breeding Delays for Wild Dogs, and Three Days of Climate Change in Song

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Inside Clean Energy: E-bike Sales and Sharing are Booming. But Can They Help Take Cars off the Road?

By James Pothen

A ‘Living Shoreline’ Takes Root in New York’s Jamaica Bay

By Hannah Loss

In Jacobabad, One of the Hottest Cities on the Planet, a Heat Wave Is Pushing the Limits of Human Livability

By Zoha Tunio

In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change

By Victoria St. Martin

Why the Chesapeake Bay’s Beloved Blue Crabs Are at an All-Time Low

By Aman Azhar