Climate Desk

Kentucky’s climate is changing. Will its politics?

Mitch McConnell has long resisted climate action even as the farm and coal sectors suffer, but a growing movement could bring change.

Andrew McCormick Science

Memphis Skyline on Mississippi Riveron Mississippi River, Tennessee

In a cross-state aquifer spat, a view of a water-stressed future

Mississippi sued Memphis over its use of a deep aquifer. A possibly paradigm-shifting Supreme Court decision looms.

Leanna First-Arai Science

Why some US cities are plotting a ‘green recovery’ after the pandemic

Cities like Los Angeles, Seattle and New Orleans are aiming to tackle another, longer-term emergency – the climate crisis.

Oliver Milman, The Guardian Science

Hurricane Sally: Hundreds rescued from floods as storm batters Alabama and Florida

Pensacola, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama, battered as rooftops torn off and more than half a million lose power.

Matthew Teague Science

Right-wing conspiracists falsely linked antifa to wildfires. Then the Russian media gave them a boost.

How overlapping false claims about the wildfires ricocheted around conservative social media thanks to a bogus story from Russia.

Ali Breland Politics

Joe Biden Accepts Party's Nomination For President In Delaware During Virtual DNC

Joe Biden would push allies like Australia to do more on climate, adviser says

Biden's adviser Jake Sullivan says the former vice president, if elected, won’t "pull any punches" on what is a global problem.

Daniel Hurst Science

Those orange Western skies and the science of light

Sure, it was wildfire smoke that made parts of California and Oregon change hue. But inside that smoke was alchemy — the chemistry and physics of molecules and wavelengths.

Adam Rogers Science

How SUVs conquered the world — at the expense of its climate

Exclusive new emissions analysis shows how much more dangerous for the climate SUVs are than smaller vehicles, and how embedded they have become in our lives