Slaying the Climate Dragon
A fairy tale whose ending, still unwritten, is by no means guaranteed to be happy
Stories by Kate Marvel
The People Who Could Have Done Science Didn't
Because they were women, and they were told, at every stage, that they weren’t good enough. It was a lie
Don't Be Fooled: Weather Is Not Climate
But climate affects weather
The Truth Sometimes Hurts
We scientists need help to communicate in a post-truth world
Climate Change: We're Not Literally Doomed, but...
…there’s space for action between “everything is fine” and “the apocalypse is upon us”
Open-and-Shut Case
The climate is changing, there are fingerprints all over the scene, and we know, beyond any reasonable doubt, that humans are mostly responsible
Adapting to Climate Change Will Take More Than Just Seawalls and Levees
Our government’s unconscionable policies are a scary precedent
Why I Won't Debate Science
Once you put established facts about the world up for argument, you’ve already lost
Welcome to Scientific American's New Climate Science Column
It’s about this beautiful, messy, funny, tragic planet and the terrible, wonderful humans who live here
Will Changing Cloud Cover Accelerate Global Warming?
Scientists are beginning to understand whether changing cloud cover will accelerate global warming or slow it down