Why Trump Can’t Make Coal Great Again
Long-term market forces will keep miners from getting their jobs back. But Trump could slow the decline of coal—and the rise of renewables.
Fuel of the Future
Cars with small on-board generators, advanced batteries or tanks of hydrogen will one day be as plentiful as gasoline vehicles are today.
A World Without Large Animals?
Thanks to human activities—deforestation, climate change, and overharvesting, whether legal or not—species are disappearing so fast it’s often said the world is entering a sixth mass extinction.
Untangling the Many Ways Ocean Acidification Harms Marine Life
From the ability of sharks to sniff out food, to how well clownfish see and hear, to whether snails can escape being eaten by sea stars, acidification poses grave risks to ocean life beyond shellfish and coral.
Can Brazil Have Its Food and Its Forest Too?
No country exemplifies more acutely the knot of challenges our planet faces.
What to Learn from the California Drought?
There’ll Be Another
An Existential Question for Miami
Can It Adapt to Rising Seas?
How climate change is hitting India
India’s energy future could tip the scales of global climate change, but the extreme weather is already here.