
Umair Irfan
Former correspondent
Latest articles by Umair Irfan

Kids, farmers, fishermen, cities, and states are suing the fossil fuel industry and governments. Could they win?


“Warming stripes” keep showing up on clothes and crafts.


The spike in tornado activity this week, explained.


Biden introduced the first Senate bill on climate change. Here’s what he’s done since.


Kids are fed up with grown-ups’ inaction on climate change.

In some cities, it’ll be like moving two states south.
The pollen-ocalypse is coming.


We can’t take on climate change without properly pricing coal, oil, and natural gas. But it’s a huge political challenge.

Scientists are trying to accelerate evolution to make plastics rot. A tiny new organism is showing them how.


Nancy Pelosi is trying to force Trump to return the US to the Paris climate agreement.
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