This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The growing threat of climate change is no longer a matter of contentious scientific debate. Climate scientists now agree that humanity’s “carbon budget”—the cumulative sum of greenhouse gases that humanity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s more than just the future of the climate at stake in the global talks underway in Bonn, Germany. All of the global goals for 2030, from the end of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s not just kids and their preoccupation with iPads and video games, or busy streets and “stranger danger” that is fueling the modern disinclination to get outdoors. It’s a widespread…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans were heartened to see news stories of animal rescue in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma––and understandably so. Anyone who’s lived with a cat, a dog, or other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leonardo DiCaprio transformed himself into the celebrity face of the movement to combat climate change, donating millions to conservation causes and starring in an Al Gore-style documentary last year. But the actor’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. World Health Organization officials have announced a new initiative to address the health impacts of climate change on small island developing states. The global health body called for a tripling of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Under a new proposal from the National Park Service, 17 of the most popular U.S. national parks could see entrance fees for weeklong passes increase from around $25 to $30 to $70…
Communicating about climate change and convincing the public that something needs to be done about it is a complicated proposition, one that reporters Elizabeth Kolbert and David Roberts face daily…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was the last day of a week-long holiday and although it was mid-morning we had already been to the beach. The beach had been beautiful. Sitting on the veranda…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you were to guess the average amount of time a kid spends in unstructured play outdoors, what would your answer be? An hour? Recess often doesn’t last for that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Only about 50 of the 250 top corporate producers of greenhouse gases have put in place strategies to reduce their climate impacts through 2050 and beyond. But those that have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you tell a story about the destruction of the world? Movie- and TV-makers know how to do it with aliens, of course, or suggest it with invented political…