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Eating the Ocean
Should salmon farming be our future?Should salmon farming be our future?
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Eating the Ocean

How does salmon farming affect our planet, our future, and the salmon themselves?

By Nate Krieger
The world’s lemurs are going extinct. This is the only way to save them.
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To protect Madagascar’s iconic animals, wildlife groups need to think beyond wildlife.

By Benji Jones
Climate
Clean energy could become a huge political winnerClean energy could become a huge political winner
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Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races — and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.

By Umair Irfan
The Case for Growth
We can have growth while fighting climate changeWe can have growth while fighting climate change
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The Case for Growth

How to change your mind on the climate’s future, according to data scientist Hannah Ritchie.

By Sean Illing
Climate
3 things about Hurricane Melissa that make it so unusual and dangerous3 things about Hurricane Melissa that make it so unusual and dangerous
Climate

The Category 5 storm is an extraordinary threat — even in a season that felt unusually quiet.

By Umair Irfan
Future Perfect
The best way to help Hurricane Melissa survivors may not be what you thinkThe best way to help Hurricane Melissa survivors may not be what you think
Future Perfect

People in the Caribbean need help now — and for years to come.

By Sara Herschander
Climate
This beloved animal is back from the brink of extinction — with one big caveatThis beloved animal is back from the brink of extinction — with one big caveat
Climate

Decades of protection helped these sea creatures recover. So why are some scientists worried?

By Benji Jones
The Highlight
Inside the audacious mission to bring a rare toad back from the brinkInside the audacious mission to bring a rare toad back from the brink
The Highlight

The amphibian “IVF clinic” fighting to save the first amphibian ever afforded federal protections.

By Christine Peterson
Climate
What scientists saw underwater in Florida left them “shocked” — and devastatedWhat scientists saw underwater in Florida left them “shocked” — and devastated
Climate

Two incredibly valuable animals are now “functionally extinct” in Florida. That should alarm all of us.

By Benji Jones
Technology
How you’re paying for big tech’s AI speculationHow you’re paying for big tech’s AI speculation
Technology

Electric bills were already rising. AI data centers are making it worse.

By Cameron Peters and Umair Irfan
Miankina amin’ny ranomasina izy ireo mba hivelomany. Saingy ankehitriny, miharava ny aina ao an-dranomasina.
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Ny fiarovana ny tontolo iainana dia matetika nampifandona ny natiora sy ny olona mahantra. Mitady làlana vaovao i Madagasikara.

By Benji Jones
Scientists are testing a surprising approach to fighting hunger in one of the poorest places on Earth
Climate

Madagascar is reeling from political unrest. But there’s another problem that no one’s talking about.

By Benji Jones
Climate
A data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity billA data center that doesn’t even exist can raise your electricity bill
Climate

Consumers are finally pushing back on AI-driven data expansion. Will it matter?

By Umair Irfan
The humble plant that could save the world — or destroy it
Climate

Clean energy expansion could destroy this crucial climate solution.

By Anna North
How soybeans took over America — and the world
Future Perfect

This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Future Perfect
The climate movement’s biggest weaknessThe climate movement’s biggest weakness
Future Perfect

What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.

By Kenny Torrella
Climate
The surging price tag of wildfires, in one chartThe surging price tag of wildfires, in one chart
Climate

Wildfires are getting worse — and a lot more expensive for the rest of us.

By Umair Irfan
Climate
Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — messageListen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message
Climate

Her last interviews are essential listening for everyone.

By Benji Jones
Climate
Your expensive power bill is part of an alarming trendYour expensive power bill is part of an alarming trend
Climate

Here’s why you shouldn’t panic. Yet.

By Umair Irfan
Climate
America’s flood insurance system is doomed to failAmerica’s flood insurance system is doomed to fail
Climate

Between Congress, property development, and climate change, there’s no easy fix.

By Umair Irfan
Future Perfect
Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. Here are 3 proven ways to stop it.Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. Here are 3 proven ways to stop it.
Future Perfect

Informal recycling is deadly — and relatively simple to fix.

By Pratik Pawar
Podcasts
Why the clean energy revolution can outrun the Trump administrationWhy the clean energy revolution can outrun the Trump administration
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Podcasts

Environmental activist and writer Bill McKibben on why “you can’t stop the sun.”

By Sean Illing
The great mosquito resurgence
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Climate change is rewriting America’s map of disease — through bug bites.

By Paige Vega and Umair Irfan
Inside Texas’s grand laboratory of dangerous mosquitoes
Climate

While the rest of the country turned a blind eye to ancient disease threats, these scientists leaned in.

By Umair Irfan
The most miraculous animal migration is happening in the middle of New York City
Down to Earth

If we can help these creatures flourish in NYC, we can help them anywhere.

By Benji Jones
Future Perfect
The US stopped showing up to disasters. The results are horrifying.The US stopped showing up to disasters. The results are horrifying.
Future Perfect

Emergency response’s newfound sluggishness, explained by earthquakes and landslides.

By Sara Herschander
Mosquitoes at the US southern border reveal a frightening reality about climate change
Climate

This small Texas city is leading the country’s response.

By Umair Irfan
Your guide to identifying the 7 most dangerous mosquitoes in the US
Climate

There are more than 200 mosquito species in the country — but just a few to worry about.

By Umair Irfan
The search for Earth’s most mysterious creatures is turning up extraordinary results
Down to Earth

Scientists are looking for the “dark matter” of the animal kingdom — and it’s revealing how little we know about life on Earth.

By Benji Jones
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans is back where it started
Climate

The walls built to protect New Orleans after Katrina are failing.

By Jake Bittle
Video
Why fire “season” is now all year longWhy fire “season” is now all year long
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And how wildland firefighters are trying to keep up.

By Dolly Li
Unexplainable
How sensitive is Greenland’s ice to a warming world?How sensitive is Greenland’s ice to a warming world?
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Unexplainable

Rare samples of mud — yes mud — from deep below the ice sheet are giving scientists new insights into our changing climate.

By Byrd Pinkerton
Climate
This new truck is a sign that Trump won’t win his fight against EVsThis new truck is a sign that Trump won’t win his fight against EVs
Climate

Ford may just be building the electric vehicle we’ve all been waiting for.

By Umair Irfan
Climate
We used to stash gold in Fort Knox. What if we did the same with carbon?We used to stash gold in Fort Knox. What if we did the same with carbon?
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A wild idea would treat carbon waste like cash. It could save the climate.

By Michael Mechanic
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This deadly bacteria was once an “only in New York” problem. Not anymore.This deadly bacteria was once an “only in New York” problem. Not anymore.
Climate

Extreme heat is increasing the prevalence of a disease that hits low-income people the hardest.

By Dylan Scott
Down to Earth
The strange reason why the Trump administration suddenly cares about these birdsThe strange reason why the Trump administration suddenly cares about these birds
Down to Earth

Surprise! It probably has nothing to do with saving animals.

By Benji Jones
Climate
Erin may be the first real test of America’s hurricane readiness under TrumpErin may be the first real test of America’s hurricane readiness under Trump
Climate

Forecasts are better than ever, and far more vulnerable than they should be.

By Umair Irfan
Future Perfect
Plant-based meat has been relentlessly — and unfairly — attacked as “ultra-processed.” Can the industry save itself?Plant-based meat has been relentlessly — and unfairly — attacked as “ultra-processed.” Can the industry save itself?
Future Perfect

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are placing big, divergent bets on the future of meat. Who will win?

By Kenny Torrella
Down to Earth
Scientists warn that climate change could wipe out more than half of these beloved animalsScientists warn that climate change could wipe out more than half of these beloved animals
Down to Earth

Herds in North America will likely be hit the hardest.

By Benji Jones
Climate
Extreme heat can raise newborn death risk by 22 percentExtreme heat can raise newborn death risk by 22 percent
Climate

Rising temperatures are rewriting the earliest stages of life.

By Zoya Teirstein