This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many researchers have looked at nitrogen pollution hotspots around the country. But a new first-of-its-kind, multi-year study from the University of Vermont looks at areas where nitrogen pollution reduction is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you haven’t seen the projections, you’ve probably still absorbed the gist of them: At some point in the not-too-distant future an astronomical number of people will likely be displaced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past few years, wildfires have broken out around the world at a scale rarely experienced by modern humans. In 2020, fires in the western U.S. charred more than 10…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mounting evidence suggests the western United States is now in its worst megadrought in at least 1,200 years. Groundwater supplies are being overpumped in many places, and the dryness, wildfires…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Planting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. will begin as soon as March in Southern states and then move north. As farmers plant, they will deploy vast quantities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Record floods. Raging storms. Deadly heat. Here are the basics on what causes climate change, how it’s affecting the planet, and what we can do about it. What is climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The cost of damage caused by invasive species around the world, including to agriculture, fisheries, and forestry, is at least 10 times that of preventing or controlling them, an international study suggests. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate experts and engineers have created a new model to predict the damage caused by adverse weather. This new framework for ‘consequence forecasting’ enables first responders to effectively target resources…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The concept of climate justice is fairly simple to understand, but much more difficult to act on: Those who have done least to cause climate change are the ones suffering…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extreme heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the United States—a fact that historically has gone underrecognized. Experts consider heat a silent killer, resulting in more than 600 deaths per year as well as illnesses like…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late May and then in June when companies and individuals were posting black squares across social media as a symbol of their commitment to Black lives, in the wake…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late June, Portland, Oregon, experienced its hottest day on record, reaching 42° Celsius (108° Fahrenheit). The last time it had been this hot was in 1981, when temperatures soared to…