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Antarctica Is in Extreme Peril

Antarctica Is in Extreme Peril

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, Antarctica looks...

30.08.2025 20

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

The Tiny Ocean Organisms That Could Help the Climate in a Big Way

The Tiny Ocean Organisms That Could Help the Climate in a Big Way

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Some of the littlest organisms in...

24.08.2025 6

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

Installing Heat Pumps in Factories Could Save $1.5 Trillion—and 77,000 Lives

Installing Heat Pumps in Factories Could Save $1.5 Trillion—and 77,000 Lives

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For several years now, heat pumps...

20.08.2025 3

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

Arctic Ecosystems Are Falling Apart Under Strain of Warming Climate

Arctic environments are entering dangerous feedback loops that accelerate the climate crisis.

02.08.2025 2

Truthout

Matt Simon

A “mosh pit of molecules” is trapping heat over much of the US right now

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. From Texas clear to Georgia, from the...

23.07.2025 6

Vox

Matt Simon

As Nations Lag on Climate Action, Cities Across the World Step Up

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Your city is probably fighting...

08.07.2025 4

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

A Federal Program to Protect US Cities Against Extreme Heat Has Just Evaporated

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Straddling the border with Mexico...

09.06.2025 60

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

US Mayors Are Making Climate Action Personal—and It’s Working

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the depths of the COVID-19...

02.06.2025 3

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years

Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for a long time

07.03.2025 10

Salon

Matt Simon

Despite Trump, State-Level Climate Progress Will Continue — or Even Accelerate

States’ efforts have pushed utilities to move away from fossil fuels, limited tailpipe emissions, and more.

15.01.2025 10

Truthout

Matt Simon

The Best Way to Restore a Rainforest Is Simply to Leave It Be

Michael Dantas/AFP/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate...

09.11.2024 3

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

How Hurricane Milton Exploded Into an “Extraordinary” Storm

NOAA/Grist This story was originally published by  Grist and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk collaboration. Less than two weeks...

09.10.2024 3

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

These School Buses No Longer Belch Pollution. They Also Give the Grid a Break

Zum electric buses charging in advance of their public unveiling. Jeff Chiu/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here...

30.08.2024 5

Mother Jones

Matt Simon

Ernesto Is an Ominous Sign of What’s to Come

Rodanthe, NC, along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore shows debris from an unoccupied beach house that collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean from...

19.08.2024 20

Mother Jones

Matt Simon