How we mapped Chicago’s lead pipe problem and what we learned
Here’s what we found, how to know if you’re at risk, and how to replicate our work.
Scientists fear the Atlantic’s great ocean conveyor could shut down
A new study projects that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—the system of currents that includes the Gulf Stream—could shut down after 2100 under high-emission scenarios.
Tropical deforestation is associated with considerable heat-related mortality
US EV sales are booming — for now
Changes in U.S. government support for electric vehicles have led to a buying bonanza — and a darker long-term future for the auto industry.
Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America.
A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry
The full weight of a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods took effect this week, undercutting one of the country’s most promising markets for solar exports.
Climate banking group pauses activities amid rising political pressure
Net-Zero Banking Alliance opens internal vote about changing its membership-based structure
Climate change increases likelihood of wildfires in Turkey and Greece by tenfold due to more frequent hot, dry, and windy conditions in the eastern Mediterranean
Hot, dry and windy conditions in the eastern Mediterranean will happen more often in a warmer world.
Improving the IPCC–UNFCCC relationship for effective provision of policy-relevant science
‘You had to fend for yourself’: Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid
As survivors and experts reflect on the storm 20 years on, fear is growing that the US is just as unprepared to take on extreme weather amid cuts to Fema Darren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lowe…