News in Brief Budget Cuts to Weather Programs Are Likely to Cost Us a Lot More Than They Save Without government data from weather satellites and marine monitoring systems, we won’t be able to prepare for the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Earth Is Not Vengeful—It’s Just Indifferent Massive ecological disasters are certain, but fall on uncertain time scales. How, if at all, do we prepare? Elisa Gabbert
News in Brief New Research on How to Save a Huge Chunk of Earth’s Permafrost A half-degree Celsius of global warming could make all the difference for the world’s permafrost, where huge amounts… Bob Berwyn
Environment A Trip to the Zoo Can Get People Talking About Climate Change New research finds an informal education program gives people the tools to discuss the problem intelligently. Tom Jacobs
Environment The Difficulty, and Importance, of Tracking U.S. Methane Emissions New research says rice paddies and decomposing wetlands account for a recent uptick of methane in the atmosphere — but America shouldn’t use that as an excuse. Bob Berwyn
News in Brief The House Science Committee Once Again Flouts Science During a hearing on Wednesday at the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Republicans sought to challenge… Bob Berwyn
News in Brief Trump’s Latest Executive Order Is Neither ‘Pro-Jobs’ nor ‘Pro-Environment’ President Donald Trump appears set to sign an executive order today dismantling the Clean Power Plan, the President… Kate Wheeling
News in Brief This Week in Controversial Environmental Laws Two important regulations dealing with environmental protection and science are expected to move through the federal government this… Francie Diep
News in Brief Heightened Temperatures Lead to Heightened Opinions A study finds Democrats and Republicans are further polarized on the issue of global warming during unseasonable temperatures. Anumita Kaur
Features Issue #55: March/April 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Women Saving the Planet: Jo Tyndall of New Zealand Tyndall is a co-chair of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change's ad hoc working group on the Paris Agreement. Eric J. Lyman