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Heat Waves
March 13, 2024
Steve Brooks
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Juan Moreno Haines
Climate Change Is Turning Prisons Into Death Traps
Heat waves and floods are making Californian prisons increasingly unlivable. The state needs a better plan to address that.
December 1, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
Taylor Swift Has Nothing on Pope Francis
The pontiff still believes that pulpits can be used to shift political culture. The pop star mostly hasn’t used hers.
September 14, 2023
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Win McCormack
Hot Enough For You?
After this summer, no one can deny our climate crisis.
August 7, 2023
Molly Taft
The Man Who Literally Wrote the Book on Extreme Heat
Jeff Goodell’s new book, “The Heat Will Kill You First,” could not have come at a more appropriate—and frightening—time.
August 4, 2023
Molly Taft
What Boiling Oceans Will Do to Life on Land
“We knew this would happen, but the difference is that we thought it would be a little bit later.”
August 3, 2023
Eleanor Cummins
We Need a New Way to Think About Extreme Heat
Can we learn to think fast enough to survive our dangerously hot world?
July 27, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Biden Should Name and Shame Who’s Responsible for the Heat
Why isn’t Joe Biden talking more about the fossil fuel companies behind this summer’s deadly heat?
July 25, 2023
Laura López González
What You Need to Know About Killer Humidity
The higher the “wet bulb temperature” is, the harder it is for our sweat to cool us down.
July 20, 2023
Kate Aronoff
America’s Deadly Heat Isn’t (Officially) a Major Disaster
Why doesn’t the federal government recognize that this extreme weather is a catastrophe?
July 14, 2023
Molly Taft
The Media Has No Idea How to Cover Extreme Heat
News outlets are reporting on record-setting temperatures—but telling us little else about this catastrophic inferno we’re living (and dying) through.
July 6, 2023
Prem Thakker
You Just Lived Through the Three Hottest Days on Earth—and More Is Coming
Experts predict things will only get worse from here.
July 1, 2023
Alleen Brown
When Will We Stop Letting People Die From Heat in Prison?
The organizing and outrage over inmate heat deaths is reaching a crescendo this summer.
June 30, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Texas GOP Offers Workers the Freedom to Boil Alive
A new bill rolls back city-level rights for workers to take breaks during hot days—as Texas swelters through a punishing heat wave.
May 26, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
What Fossil Fuels Have Done to Summer Is Unforgivable
There’s nothing fun about deadly heat.
May 3, 2023
Marion Renault
Animals Are Dying in Droves. What Are They Telling Us?
From flu-ridden sea lions to elephant die-offs, mass mortality events are becoming more common. We understand very little about their repercussions.
February 24, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
This Week’s Winter Storm Is Scary—but So Is the Heat Wave
Balmy days in February can cost us big down the road. Just ask a farmer.
July 16, 2021
Eleanor Cummins
Those Bathing Bears Aren’t Cute. They’re Climate Change Victims.
Watching ABC’s video of a mother and cubs at Lake Tahoe, it’s easy to forget that this isn’t a family outing but a scene of desperation: The bears are seeking relief from the extreme heat.
July 16, 2020
Eric Margolis
Cities Are Becoming Climate Death Traps
A new era of heat waves is here. We aren’t ready.
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