environment

March 7, 2025

america falling into a barrel of hazardous waste

Fiction

Bird Strike

Anelise Chen

February 25, 2025

A painted depiction of birds flying in energetic brush strokes

Technology

‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up

Karen Hao

February 21, 2025

Planet

Trump Could Start a New Pipeline Fight

Zoë Schlanger

February 19, 2025

Poem

Domestic

Rachel Richardson

February 17, 2025

The white outline of an axe layered on top of a sparse, illustrated bouquet of yellow, white, orange, and red flowers, with a dragonfly on the top left corner

Technology

Flaco Lives

Kaitlyn Tiffany

February 15, 2025

In a painting, an owl flies over New York City

Viewfinder

Shipwrecked in the Amazon

Alex Cuadros

March 2025 Issue

photo with aerial view of dried riverbed stretching into the distance, marked with dozens of smaller channels

Planet

Sun and Wood Can Be a Powerful Combination

Hannah Kirshner

February 8, 2025

Health

Trump Is Inheriting an Environmental Disaster

Zoë Schlanger

February 6, 2025

A blue-gradient photo-illustration of Lee Zeldin and some technical documents.

Culture

What the Fires Revealed About Los Angeles Culture

Hannah Giorgis

January 24, 2025

A beachfront property in the aftermath of a fire

Planet

Los Angeles’s Ash Problem

Katharine Gammon

January 19, 2025

a fireplace and a palm tree on a burned house

The Atlantic Daily

How Worried to Be About Bird Flu

Lora Kelley

January 15, 2025

Swabbing a rooster to test for avian influenza

Science

What Happens When a Plastic City Burns

Zoë Schlanger

January 15, 2025

Color photograph of a burned house with melted plastic in Los Angeles

Ideas

How Los Angeles Must Rebuild

Conor Friedersdorf

January 14, 2025

A color photograph of smoke rising in orange light above burned homes.

Poem

We stay and its ours

Marge Piercy

January 12, 2025

A white deer walking through a row of trees with bare branches looks over its shoulder

Science

The Message in the Sky Over Los Angeles

Ross Andersen

January 11, 2025

An aerial image showing vehicles driving on a freeway as the sun sets behind smoke from wildfires in Los Angeles

Planet

The Unfightable Fire

Zoë Schlanger

January 10, 2025

Health

Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment

Katherine J. Wu

January 10, 2025

Planet

The Palisades Were Waiting to Burn

Zoë Schlanger

January 8, 2025

A line of palm trees against an orange sky resulting from flames along the ground in L.A.

Planet

Eat Less Beef. Eat More Ostrich?

Sarah Zhang

January 8, 2025

Health

Invisible Habits Are Driving Your Life

Shayla Love

January 2, 2025

Illustration of a clock. The numbers have been replaced with icons of various habits, such as sleeping, lifting weights, and reading.

Books

Apocalypse, Constantly

Adam Kirsch

February 2025 Issue

collage illustration with images from disaster movies including Planet of the Apes, Don't Look Up, and Dr. Strangelove, along with smokestack billowing smoke, comet entering atmosphere, nuclear warhead

Time-Travel Thursdays

New Yorkers Won’t Stop Complaining About Dogs

Kate Cray

December 26, 2024

A beagle sits on a bench surrounded by different dog breeds

Health

America’s Bird-Flu Luck Has Officially Run Out

Yasmin Tayag

December 19, 2024

Birds superimposed over a vintage map of the United States

Time-Travel Thursdays

A Nonreligious Holiday Ritual

John Hendrickson

December 19, 2024

Planet

Gas Will Be the First Big Climate Fight of the Trump Era

Zoë Schlanger

December 18, 2024

A natural-gas pipeline being laid in Pennsylvania

Planet

Bogotá’s Water Rationing Is a Preview

Elizabeth Rush

December 17, 2024

Technology

Has Your Cat Closed Its Rings Today?

Kristen V. Brown

December 16, 2024

Planet

Environmental Internationalism Is in Its Flop Era

Zoë Schlanger

December 13, 2024

Science

The Clue That Tracked a Butterfly Across the Atlantic Ocean

Saugat Bolakhe

December 7, 2024

In two frames butterflies are seen, up close and farther away, flying around

Health

Bedbugs Could Be More Horrifying Than You Think

Kristen V. Brown

December 4, 2024

Planet

A New Reckoning for Nuclear Energy

Matteo Wong

December 2, 2024

inside a nuclear plant in california, a series of three large silver pipes bend at right angles

Planet

Climate Diplomacy’s $300 Billion Failure

Zoë Schlanger

November 24, 2024

Time-Travel Thursdays

One Food to Change the World

Lora Kelley

November 21, 2024

Planet

Drought Is an Immigration Issue

Zoë Schlanger

November 18, 2024

An air interdiction helicopter from U.S. Customs and Border Protection flies past a drought-stricken pond by the U.S.-Mexico border

Planet

Trump Is Handing China a Golden Opportunity on Climate

Zoë Schlanger

November 11, 2024

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are positioned in front of an American flag.

Sections

The Print Edition

The Trump Administration’s Environmental Pile-On

Bird Strike

‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up

Trump Could Start a New Pipeline Fight

Domestic

Flaco Lives

Shipwrecked in the Amazon

Sun and Wood Can Be a Powerful Combination

Trump Is Inheriting an Environmental Disaster

What the Fires Revealed About Los Angeles Culture

Los Angeles’s Ash Problem

How Worried to Be About Bird Flu

What Happens When a Plastic City Burns

How Los Angeles Must Rebuild

We stay and its ours

The Message in the Sky Over Los Angeles

The Unfightable Fire

Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment

The Palisades Were Waiting to Burn

Eat Less Beef. Eat More Ostrich?

Invisible Habits Are Driving Your Life

Apocalypse, Constantly

New Yorkers Won’t Stop Complaining About Dogs

America’s Bird-Flu Luck Has Officially Run Out

A Nonreligious Holiday Ritual

Gas Will Be the First Big Climate Fight of the Trump Era

Bogotá’s Water Rationing Is a Preview

Has Your Cat Closed Its Rings Today?

Environmental Internationalism Is in Its Flop Era

The Clue That Tracked a Butterfly Across the Atlantic Ocean

Bedbugs Could Be More Horrifying Than You Think

A New Reckoning for Nuclear Energy

Climate Diplomacy’s $300 Billion Failure

One Food to Change the World

Drought Is an Immigration Issue

Trump Is Handing China a Golden Opportunity on Climate