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Mark Gongloff

Mark Gongloff

The Japan Times

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Blaming Asia and Mexico for U.S. pollution is absurd

Pollution, like money, is fungible. Once you breathe carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it’s interchangeable with all the other CO2 on the planet,...

03.06.2026 90

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Mark Gongloff

The world’s food supply is under a quadruple attack

Carbon dioxide is plant food, so you might think pumping the atmosphere full of it would be better for plants. The trouble is that CO2 is also the...

02.06.2026 90

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Mark Gongloff

Solar in space is a solution in search of a problem

A Dyson Sphere is a theoretical structure built around a star to tap all of its energy. It’s pure science fiction. But our Big Tech overlords seem...

26.05.2026 100

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Mark Gongloff

Meta is making workers train their AI replacements

Four years ago, Mark Zuckerberg, feeling like the admiral of the good ship Meta Platforms, sent a memo to employees encouraging them to refer to...

03.05.2026 100

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Mark Gongloff

Cherry blossoms are proof of a planet going awry

Earlier this month, a group of climate-change deniers gathered at the Hotel Washington in the U.S. capital to celebrate their takeover of the...

28.04.2026 100

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Mark Gongloff

El Niño is returning with another stark warning

02.03.2026 100

The Korea Times

Mark Gongloff

El Niño is returning with another stark warning

02.03.2026 100

The Korea Times

Mark Gongloff

Extreme cold is a billion-dollar problem, too

09.02.2026 100

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Mark Gongloff

The Earth is drying out and we need to act urgently

07.09.2025 90

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Mark Gongloff

The Earth is drying out and we need to act urgently

18.08.2025 60

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Mark Gongloff

The Earth is drying out and we need to act urgently

15.08.2025 50

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Mark Gongloff

The next pope will help decide the planet’s fate

24.04.2025 50

The Korea Times

Mark Gongloff

The next pope will help decide the planet’s fate

23.04.2025 60

The Japan Times

Mark Gongloff

Wall Street will regret helping the world burn

07.04.2025 50

The Japan Times

Mark Gongloff