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Articles from this source (18)

America Has a Hot-Steel Problem

  2024-08-14 by in The Atlantic

Railways, roads, power lines, batteries—the heat of climate change is making them all falter.


Shade Will Make or Break American Cities

  2024-08-02 by in The Atlantic

Trees are nice and all, but they’re not enough.


The Global Temperature Just Went Bump

  2024-07-25 by in The Atlantic

We’re just sticking a toe into the climatic realm of the previous interglacial period, not living in it—yet.


Miami Is Entering a State of Unreality

  2024-06-18 by in The Atlantic

No amount of adaptation to climate change can fix Miami’s water problems.

  Tagged under: Flooding | Water Resources | Florida | Adaptation | Climate Change


The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone

  2024-03-07 by in The Atlantic

As far as humanity is concerned, the transformation of our seas is “effectively permanent.”

  Tagged under: Extreme Heat | Climate Change Impacts | Oceans | Sea Level | Collapse | Antarctic


Why the U.S. Is Pumping More Oil Than Any Other Country in History

  2023-12-20 by in The Atlantic

The politics of solving climate change may, paradoxically, require producing more fossil fuels for a while.

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Joe Biden | US Politics | Saudi Arabia


One Huge Contradiction Is Undoing Our Best Climate Efforts

  2023-11-10 by in The Atlantic

The math isn’t adding up.

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Legislation | El Niño | Antarctic


Airlines Are Just Banks Now

  2023-09-26 (or before) by in The Atlantic

They make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes—and it shows.

  Tagged under: Economic Growth | Air Travel


Stop Asking Whether Money Buys Happiness

  2023-04-13 (or before) by in The Atlantic

It may, but only a negligible amount.

  Tagged under: Health


A New Estimate of the ‘Most Effective’ Way to Fight Climate Change

  2021-12-17 (or before) in The Atlantic

Climate-concerned donors should focus on helping to pass climate policy, not offset their emissions, an advisory group says.  

  Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Economics | Health


We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon

  2021-11-04 (or before) by in The Atlantic

What happens when we do something—but not enough—to stop climate change?

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Joe Biden | IPCC | Climate Change | Electricity | Russia | Sea Level | Climate Change Impacts | Electricity Grid | Activism


Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story

  2021-10-10 (or before) by in The Atlantic

The country shows the power of self-determination when it comes to development and climate policy.

  Tagged under: Solar Energy | Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Geothermal Energy | Fossil Fuels | Economic Growth | Water Resources


An Outdated Idea Is Still Shaping Climate Policy

  2021-04-21 (or before) in The Atlantic

Biden’s team is split on how to think about climate change.

  Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | The Paris Agreement


The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record

  2021-02-06 (or before) by in The Atlantic

Our climate models could be missing something big.

  Tagged under: Oceans | Extreme Weather | Rainforests | Arctic | Climate Change | Antarctic | Sea Level


The Hidden Author of Putinism

  2020-05-23 (or before) by in The Atlantic

How Vladislav Surkov invented the new Russia

  Tagged under: Vladimir Putin | Russia


History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin

  2020-03-09 (or before) by in The Atlantic

It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.

  Tagged under: Oceans | Minerals | Papua New Guinea | Fossil Fuels | Namibia | Water Resources | India


The Great Affordability Crisis Breaking America

  2020-02-09 (or before) by in The Atlantic

In one of the best decades the American economy has ever recorded, families were bled dry.

  Tagged under: Housing | Economic Growth | Health | Economics | Finance


Australia Will Lose to Climate Change

  2020-01-06 (or before) in The Atlantic

Even as the country fights bushfires, it can’t stop dumping planet-warming pollution into the atmosphere.

  Tagged under: Oceans | Global Warming | Climate Change | Australia | Bushfires | Wildfires | Economic Growth | Great Barrier Reef | Coral Reefs


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