environment

November 23, 2021

black-browed albatrosses in the Falklands

Planet

The Seven Lawmakers Who Will Decide the Climate’s Fate

Robinson Meyer

November 17, 2021

Science

No Bird Wants to Live in a Murder Nest

Katherine J. Wu

November 16, 2021

Ideas

The Elephant Who Could Be a Person

Jill Lepore

November 16, 2021

Poem

Pear

Erica Funkhouser

December 2021 Issue

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Science

Hedges Do Way More Than Block Your View

Katarina Zimmer and Knowable Magazine

November 13, 2021

A patchwork of fields on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall

Planet

Climate Hype Might Be the Ticket to Decarbonization

Robinson Meyer

November 12, 2021

A collage of the Earth, a smokestack, John Kerry, a tree, and the Glasgow skyline

Global

The Real Reason Behind Bolsonaro’s Climate Promises

Yasmeen Serhan

November 12, 2021

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: Three Hints About Our Climate Future

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 11, 2021

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Science

Nuclear Is Hot, for the Moment

Robinson Meyer

November 10, 2021

Exhaust from the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1 cooling tower drifts over the opening of Unit 2, nearing completion, in Spring City, Tenn., Oct. 8, 2014. With aging coal-burning plants in need of expensive replacements, the Tennessee Valley Authority reasons the reactor is arriving at an opportune moment — even if almost every projection made over the last 44 years has proved wrong.

Books

Animals of the Future

Rebecca Giggs

December 2021 Issue

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Global

Can 3.5 Percent Save the Planet?

Yasmeen Serhan

November 8, 2021

Protesters hold signs while marching in a demonstration near the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Science

Killer Whales Are Too Similar for Their Own Good

Hakai Magazine and Shi En Kim

November 7, 2021

Science

Spiders Play All Sorts of Mind Games

Betsy Mason and Knowable Magazine

November 6, 2021

Science

The Next Weird Way We’re Changing Cats

Sarah Zhang

November 5, 2021

A tissue box with a tissue in it shaped as the silhouette of a cat

Science

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans

Judith Lewis Mernit

November 4, 2021

Science

We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon

Emma Marris

November 3, 2021

A hand holds up a globe with red and black squiggles coming off it like fire

Science

The Enormous Hole That Whaling Left Behind

Ed Yong

November 3, 2021

Newsletters

Steel Is Back

Robinson Meyer

November 3, 2021

A worker in a protective suit oversees molten iron flowing from a blast furnace at the ThyssenKrupp steel mill in Duisburg, Germany.

Culture

To Hell With Drowning

Julian Aguon

November 1, 2021

Science

Biden’s Amazing, Disappointing Climate Triumph

Robinson Meyer

October 28, 2021

Science

After 30 Years of Breeding Condors, a Secret Comes Out

Sarah Zhang

October 28, 2021

Science

Democrats Might Give Up on a Methane Tax, and Maybe That’s Okay

Robinson Meyer

October 27, 2021

illustration of a dollar sign emitting a flare of smoke

Science

Do You Even Lift, Embryo?

Katherine J. Wu

October 26, 2021

Science

The Animal Kingdom Is Full of Genetic Screwballs

Alla Katsnelson and Knowable Magazine

October 24, 2021

Science

African Elephants Evolved Tusklessness Amazingly Fast

Ed Yong

October 21, 2021

Planet

The Key Insight That Defined 50 Years of Climate Science

Robinson Meyer

October 20, 2021

A long exposure of a passing storm over the horizon of the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast. The long exposure renders the clouds as an abstract blur of motion and color and the setting sun highlights the higher clouds with a warm glow while the lower clouds are dark and brooding.

Science

Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without One of These Policies

Robinson Meyer

October 16, 2021

A black-and-white image of a transmission tower photographed from underneath

Planet

Deforestation Is a Crime

Robinson Meyer

October 11, 2021

Science

Zombie Shark, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

Claudia Geib and Hakai Magazine

October 10, 2021

A Lesser Spotted Catshark rests in shallow waters.

Science

The American West Has Way Too Many Fences

Michael Parks and High Country News

October 9, 2021

An image of barbed wire with mountains in the background.

Ideas

Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story

Joyashree Roy

October 9, 2021

An offshore rig laid over the Bangladesh flag

Science

Flatworms Are Metal

Ed Yong

October 8, 2021

A planarian flatworm splits in three, and each piece regenerates into a new worm.

Science

In One Place, for One Fish, Climate Change May Be a Boon

Miranda Weiss

October 6, 2021

As the fishing season comes to an end in Naknek, Alaska, fishermen are busy unloading their boats and preparing them for winter storage.TKTKTK

Science

Weighing a Fat Bear Is a Great Idea Until You Actually Do It

Kylie Mohr and High Country News

October 3, 2021

Science

What Even Counts as Science Writing Anymore?

Ed Yong

October 2, 2021

Sections

The Print Edition

It’s Not You, It’s Climate Change

The Seven Lawmakers Who Will Decide the Climate’s Fate

No Bird Wants to Live in a Murder Nest

The Elephant Who Could Be a Person

Pear

Hedges Do Way More Than Block Your View

Climate Hype Might Be the Ticket to Decarbonization

The Real Reason Behind Bolsonaro’s Climate Promises

The Atlantic Daily: Three Hints About Our Climate Future

Nuclear Is Hot, for the Moment

Animals of the Future

Can 3.5 Percent Save the Planet?

Killer Whales Are Too Similar for Their Own Good

Spiders Play All Sorts of Mind Games

The Next Weird Way We’re Changing Cats

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans

We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon

The Enormous Hole That Whaling Left Behind

Steel Is Back

To Hell With Drowning

Biden’s Amazing, Disappointing Climate Triumph

After 30 Years of Breeding Condors, a Secret Comes Out

Democrats Might Give Up on a Methane Tax, and Maybe That’s Okay

Do You Even Lift, Embryo?

The Animal Kingdom Is Full of Genetic Screwballs

African Elephants Evolved Tusklessness Amazingly Fast

The Key Insight That Defined 50 Years of Climate Science

Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without One of These Policies

Deforestation Is a Crime

Zombie Shark, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

The American West Has Way Too Many Fences

Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story

Flatworms Are Metal

In One Place, for One Fish, Climate Change May Be a Boon

Weighing a Fat Bear Is a Great Idea Until You Actually Do It

What Even Counts as Science Writing Anymore?