The Smallest Number Warming the Planet

Methane is scarce in the atmosphere, but its heating power, and how quickly it fades, make it one of our best chances to slow global…

The Most Valuable Real Estate on Earth Is Empty Water

Welcome to the latest race to choke the world

Death By Firing Squad Is Fascism Gone Too Far

Trump said it could be a deterrent. He clearly doesn’t understand psychology, neurology, humanity, or science

You’ve Been Eating Feedlot Beef Your Whole Life (Even If You Are Vegan)

Captivity doesn’t just annoy the animal; it changes the meat.

If AI is Slop, Please Explain Why an AI Writer Won a Storytelling Contest

Researchers just found a new way to identify AI

How I Spot AI Writing a Mile Away—by an Editor

I’m the sole editor of a publication with over 45,000 followers, and I have a confession: when AI writing first burst out into the…

The Nepal-Tibet Glacier Disaster Changes Everything

The global response has been found wanting: now COP31 in November has a clear rallying point

The Deadliest Weather on Earth Photographs Beautifully

Now find the killer in the photograph

My In-Laws Became Climate Refugees From Their Own Dream House

The safest room in that house was the one built to hit 90°C

Climate: Exacerbating The Term “Exacerbating”

Even the terminology we use is becoming more severe

Even the Sun Can Have a Bad Year

We built fragility into everything, and El Niño will expose them all

How Paris Triumphed Over Air Pollution (and Cars)

Major air pollution episodes, a powerful car lobby, and one campaigning mayor — the winner wasn’t inevitable

How Do I Tell A Loved One Her Homophobia Is Intolerable?

It’s important to keep our loved ones loved, but what if they begin to feel hateful?

Patagonia™ Spent 53 Years Profiting From My Homeland — Now It’s Suing a Drag Queen Over the Name

This time, profit beat the planet, and it did it wearing the planet’s favorite jacket.

Why Iran Should Have the Nuclear Weapons

A critical examination of deterrence theory, historical experience, CIA involvement, and global nuclear politics

‘Energy Transition’ Is the Story We Tell While Fossil Fuels Keep Expanding

How infinite growth ideology rebranded itself green

How Our Water Systems Went From Crisis to Collapse

As another World Water Day rolls by, the UN no longer warns of stress or scarcity — but of having reached water bankruptcy.

Good Riddance, Climate Change — He Said

Climate policy worked just enough to retire the worst-case scenario. Now the man who fought it for a decade is claiming the credit.

The Economy Needs You to Feel Like a Failure. Research Explains Why

I used to have a friend who always told me: ‘You know how I constantly feel? Every time I look in the mirror, every time I talk to a woman…