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This is a photograph depicting a female, Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito, while resting. (Lauren Bishop / CDC)

Best biosecurity coverage of 2024

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Doomscrolling—the fun way! Our picks for best multimedia stories in 2024

By Erik English, Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia, Nuclear Risk

A rising danger in the Arctic: Microbes unleashed by climate change

By Valerie Brown | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Investigative Reporting

ice melting on a siberian lake

Russia’s war has chilling effect on climate science as Arctic temperatures soar

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

ice melting on shore

Arctic warming, as seen by Alaska’s Native Inupiat

By Jenna Kunze | Climate Change

miner in permafrost tunnel in Alaska

Scientists are racing to understand permafrost before it’s gone

By Madeline Ostrander | Climate Change

The Alaska National Guard has been used to fight extensive Alaskan wildfires. (Photo by Sherman Hogue/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office.)

Brian Brettschneider: How climate change has already arrived in the Arctic

By John Krzyzaniak | Climate Change, Interviews

Hampton Roads. (Photo by Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA.)

Sea level rise and beyond: Is the US military prepared for climate change?

By Joan VanDervort | Analysis, Climate Change

Hampton Roads. (Photo by Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA.)

Sea level rise and beyond: Is the US military prepared for climate change?

By Joan VanDervort

The Alaska National Guard has been used to fight extensive Alaskan wildfires. (Photo by Sherman Hogue/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office.)

Brian Brettschneider: How climate change has already arrived in the Arctic

By John Krzyzaniak

What if the Arctic melts, and we lose the great white shield? Interview with environmental policy expert Durwood Zaelke

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

Woolly mammoths once were plentiful on the tundra. Illustration: Mauricio Antón via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.5. Cropped.

Could mammoths or carbon dioxide eating microbes solve climate change before the US government does?

By Matt Field | Climate Change, What We’re Reading