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An Extinction Rebellion protest in London earlier this year.

Philanthropists promise big money to grassroots climate activists

By Matthew Taylor | Analysis, Climate Change

Janne Nolan: from “fellowette” to godmother of the D.C. nuclear policy community

By Anne I. Harrington | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

sunllight in forest

Want to fight global warming? Just plant more trees, for starters.

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen | Analysis, Climate Change

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg thanks OPEC chief for “greatest threat” label

By Jonathan Watts | Analysis, Climate Change

The Rainbow 2 fire, burning near Delta Creek, Alaska, late last month. Photograph: Handout/Reuters

Baking Alaska: record heat spurs wildfires and “mass mortality events”

By Susie Cagle | Analysis, Climate Change

map of Europe heat wave 2019

Scientist: Temperature records haven’t just been broken—they have been obliterated

By Damian Carrington | Analysis, Climate Change

alien-looking exoplanet Kepler 22b

Did climate change destroy the aliens?

By Michael Byers, Kent A. Peacock | Analysis, Climate Change, Special Topics

cross made of grass

Faith, farmers, and climate action

By Brian J. Barth | Analysis, Climate Change

map of projected flooded land in Miami

Activists: You can’t come to Miami without talking about climate change

By Nicole Javorsky | Analysis, Climate Change

A short and practical take on the INF: Small (and focused) is beautiful

By Robert J. Goldston | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The wrong climate for a debate?

By Jesse Nichols | Analysis, Climate Change

Desalination: expensive, environmentally problematic, but increasingly necessary

By Jim Robbins | Analysis, Climate Change