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climate change

Is there any debate? This is the existential threat scorecard you need to rate the Biden and Trump matchup

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

artist's rendering of proposed Morro Bay battery storage

$600 million battery storage project meets resistance in California

By Erin Rode | Climate Change

Can electrically conductive bricks replace fossil fuels?

By Phil McKenna | Climate Change

wildfire illustration

An obscure emission from wildfire—black carbon—is accelerating snowmelt

By Matt Simon | Climate Change

New report chronicles toll of climate crisis on Latin America and the Caribbean

By Bob Berwyn | Climate Change

smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouds Manhattan

Cost of climate change comparable to economic damage caused by fighting a war

By Oliver Milman | Climate Change

corn maze with Einstein's face and spiral galaxy

Introduction: Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Special Topics

Regenerative agriculture sequesters carbon—but that’s not the only benefit and shouldn’t be the only goal

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Special Topics

cows in Switzerland against mountains

Does ‘net zero’ mean zero cows?

By John Lynch, Raymond Pierrehumbert | Climate Change, Special Topics

early botanical illustration of breadfruit

What if potatoes grew on trees? An interview with the Breadfruit Institute’s Diane Ragone

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Special Topics

Video: Why you should be more worried about kelp

By Erik English | Climate Change

To prevent global catastrophe, governments must first admit there’s a problem

By Rumtin Sepasspour, Courtney Tee | Disruptive Technologies