The Flood Is Coming
Keeping citizens safe is an essential responsibility of government, but when it comes to the dangers of climate change, the Trump administration just doesn’t care
Stories by Ben Santer
Studying Climate Change in One of the Grandest Classrooms in the World
If I could, I’d bring politicians who doubt the reality of human-caused global change to spend a few days on the Juneau Icefield
That Self-Styled "Very Stable Genius" Is a Danger to Stability
Pres. Trump threatens the equilibrium not just of the international order, but of the planet we all depend on
Our Coastlines Are Eroding, Along with Our Democratic Norms and Institutions
Civility and decency are crumbling on a daily basis, undercut and weakened by language emanating from the White House
"Alternative Facts" about Climate Change
The Trump administration’s proposal to re-evaluate the science is really an attempt to muddy the waters
Voyager 1 and the Beauty and Power of Science
That attitude, shared across the political spectrum when the probe launched in 1977, has now fallen into disrepute in some quarters
Trump and the Tide of History
In rejecting the Paris climate accords, our government has ceded moral, ethical, economic, and political leadership to other, more enlightened countries.