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This image is not taken from the Space Station. In 2004, I was one of a batch of writers, including Diane Ackerman, John Horgan and Dorion Sagan…

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Efforts to change energy systems at a scale the climate system might notice all seem to run up against a common foe.

Mar 20

Today would have been the 80th birthday of one of the discoverers of the chemical threat to the ozone layer and a lifelong pursuer of cleaner air and a…

Mar 19

Too often, climate education is seen as dry lectures on greenhouse gases or melting ice. What's missed is how student-led inquiry can reveal climate…

Mar 9

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Mar 1

February 2023

Is there a way to stifle the cascade of societal decisions that turn one man's craven strategy into a slaughter?

Feb 24

A new pest is poised to devastate beech groves even as America's salamander bounty remains at risk. Can we overcome inertia facing wave after wave of…

Feb 22

From earthquake zones to war zones and famine hot spots, one reality is the same - children's realtime experiences can shape their lives for decades.

Feb 10

Along with my climate reporting, I've also long been on the "rubble in waiting" beat and am haunted now by earthquake vulnerabilities I saw in Istanbul…

Feb 6

Tracking a Flash -17° F Polar Vortex, Talking Climate Communication with Earth's Publicist Watch now (2 min) | Join me Friday noon Eastern on the Sustain What webcast to explore communication strategies around climate and clean-energy action…

Feb 2

Entering the fourth year of a continuing global health emergency, what lessons remain unlearned about acting on scientific warnings?

Feb 1

January 2023

"It Was Raining Heavy Redwood Branches"Watch now (1 min) | A California water expert has a close call in the Santa Cruz mountains facing impacts of the continuing barrage of atmospheric…

Jan 10

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