
Brad Plumer
Former Senior Editor
Latest articles by Brad Plumer


We hear a lot of grim stories about overfishing around the world. So it’s worth highlighting a place that’s done a lot to rebuild its fisheries.


El Niño’s getting more and more likely — and it could be the biggest weather event of 2014.


Climate change isn’t just a problem for future generations anymore.


Six charts that explain the US highway funding crisis.


Bill Gates is right to call attention to malaria — but he’s not quite correct that mosquitoes kill more than humans.


Now Vermont is moving forward with the US’s first law mandating that companies label genetically modified foods.


it probably involves a plant you can find here on Earth.


Over the past two years, US power companies have announced the retirement of five nuclear reactors.


The last time levels were this high was at least 800,000 years ago — and maybe longer.


The controversial pipeline and what the fight is all about explained in under 2 minutes.