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Why Climate Activists Want to Stop Denmark's New Island-City
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Rich countries don't want their populations to shrink. But that could be good for the planet.
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How Mexico's Geoengineering Ban Will Impact Make Sunset
Make Sunsets, a startup with a controversial plan to cool the planet, puts its tests on hold after Mexico announces a geoengineering ban.
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 19, 2023
Italy's Ski Resorts Grapple With a Snowless Future
Winter sports, a major economic engine for alpine villages, rely on regular snow. But Europe's ski hills must adapt to a warming future.
By Aryn Baker
January 19, 2023
How Climate-Friendly Is Your Christmas Tree?
Depending on how many years you keep it, a fake, plastic Christmas tree may be better for the environment than a new, live tree.
By Aryn Baker
December 22, 2022
The Arctic is Heating Up, Disrupting Local Communities
NOAA's 2022 “Arctic Report Card" shows climate change pushed air temperatures to their sixth warmest on record.
By Jeffrey Kluger
December 14, 2022
11 Climate-Friendly Gifts For the 2022 Holidays
A list of climate-conscious, eco-friendly gifts, ranging in scale from $10 stocking stuffers to game-changing tech devices.
By TIME Climate Staff
November 23, 2022
Too Hot to Build
Mega construction projects like Qatar's $6.5 billion World Cup build-out may not be possible in our climate future
By Aryn Baker
November 23, 2022
This City in Iraq Is Coming Together to Save Its Date Palms
Climate change and urbanization has been shrinking Karbala's green environment, making the city hotter and drier.
By Sam Kimball / Karbala, Iraq
November 16, 2022
Climate Change Put World Cup Workers at Risk
Climate change drives migrant laborers to take dangerous jobs in hot countries, like building Qatar's World Cup stadiums.
By Aryn Baker / Doha, Qatar and Nagrain, Nepal
November 15, 2022
Climate-Proof Towns Are Popping Up Across the U.S.
Planned communities are some of the most weather-resilient places in the country. But not everyone can afford them.
By Ciara Nugent
October 28, 2022
The Selfish Case for Climate Justice
It may take hearing about the threats to our own self-interest that makes leaders in wealthy countries pay up.
By Justin Worland
October 27, 2022
The Environmental Impact of Taylor Swift’s Vinyl Albums
Taylor Swift's new release comes with four cover art versions. But collecting them all has a real climate impact.
By Aryn Baker
October 21, 2022
The Climate Impact of Your Electronics Junk Drawer
We're terrible at disposing of our old, broken, and obsolete electronic products. Those waste hoarding habits are worsening climate damage.
By Emily Barone
October 21, 2022
Inside a 'Sponge City' to Withstand Floods
This Vienna neighborhood was designed to protect residents from extreme climate change
By Lisa Abend/Vienna
October 20, 2022
Climate Week NYC Was a Greenwashing Bonanza
September's climate conference in New York was an opportunity for polluting companies to polish their environmental image
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 26, 2022
Jackson's Water Crisis Is a Climate Justice Wake-Up Call
After heavy flooding, Jackson's mostly Black residents went days without consistent running water. The disparities are hard to ignore.
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 15, 2022
Rising Seas Will Create a Huge Property Tax Headache
As properties disappear, so will the property taxes they generate. That lost revenue could impact school districts and municipal services.
By Emily Barone
September 9, 2022
Amid Drought, Spanish Towns Will Ship Water in on Tankers
A utility in northern Spain will import 2 million liters of water a day to keep taps running in four towns
By Clara Hernanz Lizarraga/Bloomberg
August 17, 2022
Zoe, the World's First Named Heat Wave, Arrives in Seville
The Spanish city hopes naming heat waves like the U.S. names hurricanes will keep residents safer
By Ciara Nugent
July 25, 2022
Homes Made from Straw or Fungi Can Now Get You a Cheaper Mortgage in the Netherlands
Plant-based materials help fight climate change
By Ciara Nugent
June 16, 2022
To Survive Severe Drought This Summer, California Should Learn From Cape Town's Water Crisis
Almost half the global population will experience “severe water stress” by 2030
By Aryn Baker
June 15, 2022
A Global Price on Water Might Help Tackle Climate Change
"We still operate the world economy with freshwater largely as a free resource. That's a market failure."
By Ciara Nugent
May 31, 2022
China Pledges to Plant and Conserve 70 Billion Trees
China announced its plan to fight climate change at Davos 2022. But experts are skeptical.
By Charlie Campbell
May 25, 2022
Western Architecture Worsens India's Heat
In the face of climate change, architects are looking to the past to design more resilient buildings
By Ciara Nugent
May 16, 2022
Why Capybaras 'Invaded' a Gated Community
Nordelta, a private neighborhood in Buenos Aires, had to adapt after its population of giant rodents started to boom last year.
By Ciara Nugent/Buenos Aires
May 5, 2022
The New Language of Climate Change Inequality: IPCC
On Monday, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest assessment of the state of the global climate crisis, focusing on “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”—one of the core areas the IPCC...
By Elijah Wolfson
March 1, 2022
IPCC Report: Window to Adapt to Climate Change Closing Fast
After decades of failure to stop emissions rising, a landmark new report released Monday from the United Nations' climate-science body warns that the impacts of climate change are here and now humans need to accelerate...
By Kyla Mandel and Justin Worland
February 28, 2022
The U.S. Military Might Never Be Sustainable
The Pentagon says it's going green. But some scholars say the only sustainable military is a smaller one
By Alejandro de la Garza
February 17, 2022
Farmers Globally Need to Prepare for Serious Cash Crop Disruption
Scientists unpack how rising temperatures will upend where avocados, cashews and coffee grow
By Aryn Baker
January 26, 2022
Paris Resurfaces Buried Bièvre River to Fight Climate Change
In 1899, a writer for French newspaper Le Figaro surveyed the damage Parisians had done to the Bièvre, a river that for hundreds of years had snaked up through southern Paris, joining the Seine near...
By Ciara Nugent and Mapping by Elijah Wolfson
January 24, 2022
My Kids Want Plastic Toys. I Want to Go Green. Here's the Middle Ground
Waiting in a check-out line a few days ago, my children started begging for toys and trinkets hanging on the impulse-buy racks. Rather than replying with the usual “Not today” euphemism, I found myself saying,...
By Emily Barone
December 10, 2021
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The actress will play the sorceress Gray Alys
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Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 23
1. Though the “No Child Left Behind” brand is thoroughly tarnished, the law sparked the revolution of data-driven educating. By Nick Sheltrown in EdSurge 2. To help cities plan for flooding, drought, wildfires and other...
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Gone Girl
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The best-selling author's debut novel, Sharp Objects, is being made into a television series
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John Green's first novel will get "The Fault In Our Stars" treatment, with Canadian actress and director Sarah Polley adapting it for the big screen
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