That Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid? It Triggered Global Warming, Too

100,000 years of scorching temperatures may have followed the impact.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 24, 2018

Ancient Rome’s Collapse Is Written Into Arctic Ice

Scientists can finally track the civilization’s economic booms and recessions—thanks to the exhaust of its massive coin-making operation, preserved for centuries in Greenland’s ice sheet.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 15, 2018

Younger Republicans Are Slightly More Liberal on Climate Change

Millennials in the GOP want more government action on environmental issues than the older generation.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 14, 2018

A Beginner’s Guide to Hawaii’s Otherworldly Lava

Here’s what scientists and native Hawaiians see in the sublime molten fire.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 9, 2018

Climate Change Could Destroy Even the Ocean's Most Pristine Parks

“Marine protected areas” have been an environmental success story. But a new study finds that most won’t withstand global warming.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 7, 2018

Why Hawaii's Newest Eruption Makes Volcanologists Nervous

“There’s not a lot of words to capture a gradual, slow-developing disaster like this.”

• Robinson Meyer
• May 4, 2018

The 'H' In IMHO Does Not Mean Humble or Honest

We all know what imho means.

• Robinson Meyer
• May 2, 2018

Scott Pruitt’s New Rule Could Completely Transform the EPA

It would not only undermine 30 years of clean-air regulations, but radically restrict what science the agency is allowed to use.

• Robinson Meyer
• Apr 25, 2018

Your Lyft Ride Is Now Carbon-Neutral. Your Uber Isn't.

The ride-hailing upstart is investing millions to help reduce global warming.

• Robinson Meyer
• Apr 19, 2018

Since 2016, Half of All Coral in the Great Barrier Reef Has Died

A new study warns it has become a “highly altered, degraded system.”

• Robinson Meyer
• Apr 18, 2018

The 3 Questions Mark Zuckerberg Hasn’t Answered

A simple way for the House to outdo the Senate

• Robinson Meyer
• Apr 11, 2018

My Facebook Was Breached by Cambridge Analytica. Was Yours?

How to find out if you are one of the 87 million victims

• Robinson Meyer
• Apr 10, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Not Resigning

In an interview, the Facebook CEO tells The Atlantic he’s not walking away from the company, but he is looking for outside expertise.

• Robinson Meyer
• Apr 9, 2018

Senate Democrats Call for Investigation of Pruitt's Unusual Raises

Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Tom Carper question whether Pruitt or one of his aides abused special hiring powers granted by the Safe Drinking Water Act.

• Elaina Plott and Robinson Meyer
• Apr 5, 2018

What Motivated the YouTube Shooter?

The suspect, Nasim Aghdam, was driven by animus toward the video site’s policies.

• Robinson Meyer
• Apr 4, 2018

Scott Pruitt Bypassed the White House to Give Big Raises to Favorite Aides

The embattled EPA chief used an obscure provision last month to increase the salaries of a pair of staffers by tens of thousands of dollars.

• Elaina Plott and Robinson Meyer
• Apr 3, 2018

Facebook's Ideological Imperialism

Andrew Bosworth’s memo may seem insidious, but its logic used to be very popular.

• Robinson Meyer
• Mar 30, 2018

A Generation Under Siege

On a cold spring day, hundreds of thousands of adults stood and listened to children—under attack, and unwilling to wait any longer for solutions.

• Robinson Meyer
• Mar 25, 2018

Uber’s Collision, Facebook’s Disgrace

In just 36 hours, two nightmares unfolded for American tech companies. Here’s what they have in common.

• Robinson Meyer
• Mar 23, 2018

Can Anyone Unseat Mark Zuckerberg?

Facebook’s chief executive flailed in his first public interviews since the Cambridge Analytica story broke. Will it matter?

• Robinson Meyer
• Mar 22, 2018