Robinson Meyer
Democrats Are Shockingly Unprepared to Fight Climate Change
There’s no magic bill waiting in the wings—and no quick path to arriving at one.
-
![]()
SevereStudios.com / AP Hurricane Michael’s Remarkable, Terrifying Run
The storm shocked forecasters by rapidly intensifying, and then remained strong for hours after landfall.
-
![]()
Serena Auñón-Chancellor / NASA The Sudden, Shocking Growth of Hurricane Michael
In little more than a day, a Category 1 storm became a “worst-case scenario” Category 4.
-
![]()
David Mercado / Reuters How to Understand the UN’s Dire New Climate Report
It tries to find hope against a backdrop of failure.
-
![]()
Yuri Gripas / Reuters Brett Kavanaugh Could Extend Trump's Environmental Legacy by Decades
Long after the president leaves office, the new justice will bring a skepticism of the EPA to the highest levels of government.
-
![]()
Muhammad Adimaja / Antara Foto Agency / Reuters Would the U.S. Tsunami Warning System Have Averted Indonesia’s Disaster?
Even the world’s best system “is really not a technological solution to the problem of a near-field tsunami.”
-
![]()
Saul Loeb / Getty A Setback for Trump's Plan to Slash Public Lands
Environmentalists and tribes won an early legal advantage in their battle to protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
-
![]()
Gerald Herbert / AP Why This Weird Little Frog Should Care About Brett Kavanaugh
If the conservative jurist joins the court by Monday, he will rule on protections for the critically endangered dusky gopher frog.
-
![]()
Jonathan Drake / Reuters Will It Ever Stop Raining?
Cities across the country smashed rainfall records, thanks to a set of factors.
-
![]()
Google Google’s New Tool to Fight Climate Change
The company will begin estimating local carbon pollution from cities around the world.
-
![]()
Asmaa Waguih / Reuters Geologists Are Feuding About the Collapse of Civilization
The year’s most acrimonious scientific fight is a mega-drama over a mega-drought.
-
![]()
Jonathan Drake / Reuters For Millions, Florence 'Has Never Been More Dangerous'
North Carolina's governor warned that inland residents now face life-threatening hazards.
-
![]()
NOAA Florence Will Drop an Inconceivable Amount of Water
In the next few days, the hurricane will likely dump 18 trillion gallons of rain, as much water as fills the Chesapeake Bay.
-
![]()
Rich Pedroncelli / AP 17 Bipartisan Governors Vow to Fight Climate Change—And President Trump
The group, whose states represent half of U.S. GDP, pledged $1.4 billion to support electric cars, plus a new set of policies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
-
![]()
NOAA Don’t Pay Attention to the Hurricane Category
The wind-based metric doesn’t fully capture what’s most dangerous about storms like Florence.
-
![]()
NOAA Hurricane Florence's Slow Speed Is Ominous
The “storm of a lifetime” is forecast to stall just offshore, making it even more dangerous.
-
![]()
Corbis Historical / Getty Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review
A favorite anecdote about the origins of the vibrator is probably a myth.
-
![]()
Carlos Osorio / AP There Is No Pickup-Truck Emoji
There are 12 train emoji and one scooter emoji. And yet.
-
![]()
Max Whittaker / Reuters No Ecosystem on Earth Is Safe From Climate Change
If carbon emissions continue to grow, anyone who works with the land could face ‘unprecedented challenges.’
-
![]()
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Global Rightward Shift on Climate Change
President Trump may be leading the rich, English-speaking world to scale back environmental policies.
-
![]()
Elaine Thompson / AP Will Washington State Voters Make History on Climate Change?
The state could be the first in the union to adopt a carbon price by ballot.
