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To Hell With Drowning

November 1, 2021

A group of people sit around a boat.

Biden’s Amazing, Disappointing Climate Triumph

October 28, 2021

A power plant in Navajo Nation

Democrats Might Give Up on a Methane Tax, and Maybe That’s Okay

October 27, 2021

illustration of a dollar sign emitting a flare of smoke

The Key Insight That Defined 50 Years of Climate Science

October 20, 2021

A long exposure of a passing storm over the horizon of the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast. The long exposure renders the clouds as an abstract blur of motion and color and the setting sun highlights the higher clouds with a warm glow while the lower clouds are dark and brooding.

Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without One of These Policies

October 16, 2021

A black-and-white image of a transmission tower photographed from underneath

Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill

October 1, 2021

Democrats May Be on the Verge of Climate Disaster

September 21, 2021

Hundreds of young climate activists rally in Lafayette Square on the north side of the White House on June 28, 2021.

A World Without Children

September 20, 2021

A black-and-white image of a baby with a red globe as his head

When the Climate Crisis Becomes Unignorable

September 7, 2021

Emergency workers try to douse the smoldering remains of a banquet hall fire after the remnants of Hurricane Ida and its torrential rains tore through the area, in Manville, N.J., Sept. 3, 2021.

The Planet Needs Jerome Powell

September 1, 2021

An Image of Jerome Powell.

We’re Hitting the Limits of Hurricane Preparedness

August 29, 2021

A person crosses a street in New Orleans under heavy rainfall during Hurricane Ida.

The Atlantic Daily: The West’s Impossibly Extreme Weather

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

August 26, 2021

How the U.S. Could Slash Climate Pollution by 2030

August 24, 2021

A smokestack billows vapor into a white sky

When the Far Right Picks Fights With a Teen

August 14, 2021

Silhouette of George Soros with a torn photo of Greta Thunberg's eyes placed over it.

The Atlantic Daily: This Is Heat Season, Not Summer

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

August 13, 2021

Red 'A' on an envelope

The Far-Right View on Climate Politics

August 10, 2021

A burned tree and a fist

I’ve Hit My Climate Tipping Point

August 9, 2021

A forest burning in Turkey on August 6, 2021.

It’s Grim

August 9, 2021

People board a ferry prior to an evacuation as a wildfire approaches the seaside village of Limni, on the island of Evia, Greece, on August 6, 2021.

Carbon Tax, Beloved Policy to Fix Climate Change, Is Dead at 47

July 20, 2021

An upside-down reflection of a coal-fired power plant

The Infrastructure Bill Won’t Cut It on Climate

July 14, 2021

Illustration of the U.S. Capitol with a thermometer replacing the dome.

The Green New Deal Does Not, Strictly Speaking, Exist

July 13, 2021

Wind turbines spin over a Elysian landscape of green fields

Nowhere Is Ready for This Heat

June 29, 2021

An older man, Pablo Miranda, sweats in the high heat in Portland.

How the U.S. Made Progress on Climate Change Without Ever Passing a Bill

June 16, 2021

A GIF of President Biden's head spinning in a green vortex

2050 Is Closer Than 1990

May 11, 2021

An ice cliff in the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica

The Weekly Planet: An Outdated Idea Is Still Shaping Climate Policy

April 20, 2021

The U.S. and Chinese flags fly amid clouds.

The Weekly Planet: The 1 Thing to Understand About Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

April 13, 2021

Unfinished pylons for the still-incomplete high-speed rail line in Fresno, California, on July 18, 2018

Your Diet Is Cooking the Planet

April 6, 2021

A woven bag containing carrots, apples, two oranges, and some greens, against a lavender background

The Weekly Planet: Why a Climate-Denial Coalition May Be Cracking Apart

March 16, 2021

Freight cars of coal depart Wyoming in this 2006 file photo

The Weekly Planet: Why a Political Philosopher Is Thinking About Carbon Removal

March 3, 2021

The Arctic Has a Cloud Problem

Quanta Magazine and Max Kozlov

February 27, 2021

The Weekly Planet: The Big Idea From Bill Gates’s New Climate Book

February 16, 2021

Bill Gates gazes ruefully at the camera in a black-and-white photo

The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record

March 2021 Issue

photo illustration of Iceland glaciers

The Weekly Planet: A New Idea for Fighting Climate Change: Retirement Plans!

February 2, 2021

Exxon Oil Drilling Plant against a purple sky

Inevitable Planetary Doom Has Been Exaggerated

February 1, 2021

A green tree grows in front of a burnt one

The Weekly Planet: How to Think About President Biden’s Big Climate Plans

January 19, 2021

A house is seen near the massive Gavin Power Plant on September 11, 2019 in Cheshire, Ohio.

The Weekly Planet: The 5 Biggest Climate Stories of 2020

December 22, 2020

A Chinese labourer loads coal into a furnace as smoke and steam rise from an unauthorized steel factory on November 3, 2016, in Inner Mongolia, China.