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Climate Archive

Archives for September 2023

Climate
How do you prepare a city like New York for major floods?How do you prepare a city like New York for major floods?
Climate

The flooding on September 29 was bad. The future will be, too.

By Ellen Ioanes
Climate
The “new abnormal”: The rise of extreme flooding, briefly explainedThe “new abnormal”: The rise of extreme flooding, briefly explained
Climate

Climate change is contributing to heavier precipitation, a major factor in flooding.

By Li Zhou
Climate
How radical should you be when you’re trying to save the planet?How radical should you be when you’re trying to save the planet?
Podcast
Climate

“Die-ins,” Krazy Glue, and gridlock: The climate movement is embracing civil disobedience.

By Avishay Artsy
Climate
The US power grid quietly survived its most brutal summer yetThe US power grid quietly survived its most brutal summer yet
Climate

Despite record power demand, the grid largely avoided blackouts. Don’t take this for granted.

By Umair Irfan
Future Perfect
Human progress has come at the expense of animals. It doesn’t have to.Human progress has come at the expense of animals. It doesn’t have to.
Future Perfect

Add in the extreme suffering of tens of billions of farmed animals, and suddenly the world looks like a much darker place.

By Bryan Walsh
Video
How to fight climate change with parking lotsHow to fight climate change with parking lots
Play
Video

Why haven’t we covered them in solar panels?

By Ranjani Chakraborty
Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef
Down to Earth

Not all heroes wear capes. Some are crabs.

By Benji Jones
Climate
The extraordinary need for disaster warning systems, explainedThe extraordinary need for disaster warning systems, explained
Climate

This tiny Caribbean country shows why early warnings are an essential climate change adaptation.

By Umair Irfan
Climate
A climate scientist on how to recognize the new climate change denialA climate scientist on how to recognize the new climate change denial
Podcast
Climate

Delay, deflect, downplay, and other ways fossil fuel companies block climate action.

By Avishay Artsy
Future Perfect
Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?
Future Perfect

As the UN meets in New York, progress and energy around the Sustainable Development Goals is dwindling at the worst possible time.

By Bryan Walsh
I visited a beautiful coral reef in 2022. What I saw there this summer shocked me.
Climate

Devastating photos reveal how an extreme heat wave is wrecking Florida’s coral reef.

By Benji Jones
Climate
What climate activists mean when they say “end fossil fuels”What climate activists mean when they say “end fossil fuels”
Climate

The bolder, narrower message of the climate movement, explained.

By Rebecca Leber
Video
It’s time to replace urban delivery vans with e-bikesIt’s time to replace urban delivery vans with e-bikes
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Video

E-bikes are cleaner and safer. So why aren’t we using them?

By Liz Scheltens
The ocean is rising — and so is Miami’s skyline
The United States of Florida

The coastal city wants to build its way out of climate change. Is that smart?

By Umair Irfan
Florida has become a zoo. A literal zoo.
The United States of Florida

These monkeys, reptiles, and birds don’t belong in Florida. Should we kick them out?

By Benji Jones