environment

September 1, 2021

Science

We’re Hitting the Limits of Hurricane Preparedness

Robinson Meyer

August 29, 2021

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

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: The West’s Impossibly Extreme Weather

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

August 26, 2021

Science

Hummingbirds Have an Easy Way to Fool Harassers

Katherine J. Wu

August 26, 2021

A female white-necked jacobin with a blue head

Politics

Unimaginable Weather Has Become Unavoidable

Ronald Brownstein

August 26, 2021

A river in Colorado flows through hillsides burned in the Cameron Peak Fire. The trees are stark and black, burnt, and the soil around them is beige and gray.

Science

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

Robinson Meyer

August 24, 2021

A smokestack billows vapor into a white sky

Science

‘What Is This Doing to Their Lungs?’

Kylie Mohr and High Country News

August 21, 2021

Cows stand on a field as fire approaches them atop a hillside.

Science

I Spent 5 Months Trying to Coax a Cat From My Ceiling

Bethany Brookshire

August 19, 2021

A cat's head pops through a hole in the ceiling

Science

The Best Kind of Aging Brain

Katherine J. Wu

August 17, 2021

Science

‘Flora and Fauna’ Is So Outdated

Jonathan Moens and Undark

August 15, 2021

Science

Near-Death Experiences Can Scar Animals for Life

Sharon Levy and Knowable Magazine

August 14, 2021

A cougar chasing a snowshoe rabbit through the snow

Global

When the Far Right Picks Fights With a Teen

Yasmeen Serhan

August 14, 2021

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

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: This Is Heat Season, Not Summer

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

August 13, 2021

Global

The Far-Right View on Climate Politics

Yasmeen Serhan

August 10, 2021

Ideas

I’ve Hit My Climate Tipping Point

Helen Lewis

August 9, 2021

A forest burning in Turkey on August 6, 2021.

Planet

It’s Grim

Robinson Meyer

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.

Science

One of the Ocean’s Biggest Threats Is Still Mostly a Mystery

María Paula Rubiano and Hakai Magazine

August 7, 2021

Family

Which Pet Will Make You Happiest?

Arthur C. Brooks

August 5, 2021

Science

You’ve Never Seen Legs Like These

Katherine J. Wu

August 3, 2021

Science

The Infrastructure Deal Is Not Not a Climate Bill

Robinson Meyer

August 3, 2021

A pair of railroad tracks extend into the sunset

Poem

Squander

W. J. Herbert

September 2021 Issue

Illustration of animal-skull shapes in blue, yellow, red on light blue background with white bars

Science

A Major Climate Idea Is Based on Some Shaky Science

Gabriel Popkin and Quanta Magazine

July 31, 2021

An image of soil stretching into the horizon

Ideas

If the Hardiest Species Are Boiled Alive, What Happens to Humans?

Stephen Leahy

July 31, 2021

Material World

Why So Many Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs

Amanda Mull

September 2021 Issue

photo of yellow frisbee with 2 heart-shaped ground-beef patties as eyes and arc of dog collar as smile

Science

One More Thing We Have in Common With Cats

Katherine J. Wu

July 28, 2021

a calico cat peeking out of the bottom of a photo

Science

Do Not Read This at Lunch

Katherine J. Wu

July 27, 2021

a mosquito drinking blood from a very hairy arm

Science

The Turtle Poachers Say They Have No Choice

Alexander Villegas and Hakai Magazine

July 25, 2021

Science

The Trash Parrots of Australia Are Very Annoying but Very Clever

Sarah Zhang

July 22, 2021

Culture

What Cat People Can Teach Us

Sarah Archer

July 21, 2021

A cat person holding his black cat in front of a ring light

Science

Are Wind Turbines a Danger to Wildlife? Ask the Dogs.

Sarah Zhang

July 21, 2021

Science

Why Do Mammals Kill Each Other?

Katherine J. Wu

July 20, 2021

brown bears fighting in a lake in Russia

Science

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

Robinson Meyer

July 20, 2021

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

Science

The Mystery at the Base of One of Biology’s Strangest Relationships

Katherine J. Wu

July 14, 2021

Ideas

The Infrastructure Bill Won’t Cut It on Climate

Leah C. Stokes

July 14, 2021

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

Science

Lizards Took ‘This Is Fine’ Way Too Literally

Katherine J. Wu

July 13, 2021

the Psammodromus algirus lizard, or the Algerian sand racer

Science

The Green New Deal Does Not, Strictly Speaking, Exist

Robinson Meyer

July 13, 2021

Wind turbines spin over a Elysian landscape of green fields

Sections

The Print Edition

The Planet Needs Jerome Powell

We’re Hitting the Limits of Hurricane Preparedness

The Atlantic Daily: The West’s Impossibly Extreme Weather

Hummingbirds Have an Easy Way to Fool Harassers

Unimaginable Weather Has Become Unavoidable

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

‘What Is This Doing to Their Lungs?’

I Spent 5 Months Trying to Coax a Cat From My Ceiling

The Best Kind of Aging Brain

‘Flora and Fauna’ Is So Outdated

Near-Death Experiences Can Scar Animals for Life

When the Far Right Picks Fights With a Teen

The Atlantic Daily: This Is Heat Season, Not Summer

The Far-Right View on Climate Politics

I’ve Hit My Climate Tipping Point

It’s Grim

One of the Ocean’s Biggest Threats Is Still Mostly a Mystery

Which Pet Will Make You Happiest?

You’ve Never Seen Legs Like These

The Infrastructure Deal Is Not Not a Climate Bill

Squander

A Major Climate Idea Is Based on Some Shaky Science

If the Hardiest Species Are Boiled Alive, What Happens to Humans?

Why So Many Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs

One More Thing We Have in Common With Cats

Do Not Read This at Lunch

The Turtle Poachers Say They Have No Choice

The Trash Parrots of Australia Are Very Annoying but Very Clever

What Cat People Can Teach Us

Are Wind Turbines a Danger to Wildlife? Ask the Dogs.

Why Do Mammals Kill Each Other?

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

The Mystery at the Base of One of Biology’s Strangest Relationships

The Infrastructure Bill Won’t Cut It on Climate

Lizards Took ‘This Is Fine’ Way Too Literally

The Green New Deal Does Not, Strictly Speaking, Exist