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Volunteers, not FEMA, are the bedrock of disaster response. How do we best support them?
Greenhouse gas emissions are higher than ever as key leaders threaten to walk away from this year’s UN climate talks.
Tariffs and rebate cuts are coming for your favorite gadgets and appliances.
It’s the biggest known animal of its kind.
A reader asks whether the latest developments in clean energy technology can help save the planet. We break it down.
Why New York’s November wildfires are so alarming.
Tech companies need more energy. They’re about to do something unprecedented.
Washington state’s Climate Commitment Act survived. It’s a promising sign for the future of climate action.
Big companies use DNA from wild organisms to make money. This new plan aims to make them pay for it.
It’s a big deal for the climate — and for the coffee industry at large.
Your AI-powered iPhone comes with a questionable carbon footprint.
Why won’t the US join the most important treaty to protect the natural world?
Claudia Sheinbaum, la nueva presidenta, ya está remodelando su industria energética.
Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s new president, is already reshaping its energy industry.
Inside the extremely messy, profoundly confusing fight over who should profit from non-human DNA.
Introducing a limited-run series exploring Indigenous solutions to extreme weather rooted in history — and the future.
Your home, health, and food are just some of what’s at stake this November.
Cuba’s energy crisis is decades in the making.
Will storm damage depress turnout in a key battleground state?
Wild animals are spiraling toward extinction. Can a bunch of bureaucrats save them?
Why the right side of a tropical cyclone is the most dangerous.
What we know — and don’t know — about how global warming influences tropical storms.
Just a tiny fraction of the global GDP could help stave off ecological collapse.
What Indigenous knowledge could mean in the fight to curb global warming.
Wetlands absorb carbon from the atmosphere. The Coeur d’Alene’s restoration would do more than just that.
They didn’t listen to Hurricane Milton evacuation orders. Then they posted through it.
Evacuating during a climate disaster is necessary. It’s also incredibly expensive.
In Sonoma County and Denver, activists are putting animal welfare on the ballot.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are two of the biggest misinformation superspreaders.
Multiple Florida jails opted not to evacuate despite being in the storm’s direct trajectory.
Scientists are getting better at predicting the sun’s antics.
Severe flooding, tornado damage, and several deaths have been reported so far.
A new wildlife report is drawing scrutiny from some scientists, though it’s alarming nonetheless.
How the media, city mayors, and the real estate industry filled us with false hope.
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, around 8:30 pm Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 storm with up to 120 mile-per-hour winds. Follow her for the latest news and updates.
As Milton descends, Florida prepares for uncharted territory.
Hurricanes like Milton and Helene are making it harder than ever to insure your home.
How to know when a disaster response is going well and when it’s going poorly.
Rampant disinformation is getting in the way of disaster response.
The rare storm’s hyperexplosive growth, explained.