Science / Environment
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The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A 41-year-old man in New Hampshire…
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What Cancún’s Tourists Don’t See Is a Sprawling Concrete Jungle
This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. The wide mowed lawns and leafy…
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Why Super Typhoons Like Yagi Are More Common Than You’d Think
The year’s first super typhoon erupted over the steamy waters of the western Pacific Ocean on Thursday as Yagi churned…
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Ski Resorts Are Stockpiling Snow to Get Through Warm Winters
It’s time to check on the snow pile. In mid-August, Marko Mustonen, commercial director of Levi ski resort in northern…
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Wildfires Are Contaminating Water Supplies
If you stood on the banks of the Cache la Poudre River in Colorado after the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire,…
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A Rare Coincidence of La Niña Events Will Weaken Hurricane Season
While much weaker than their Pacific counterpart, Atlantic Niñas can, however, partially counteract La Niñas by weakening summer winds that…
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Scientists Plan ‘Doomsday’ Vault on Moon
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the fall of 2016, soaring…
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Your Guide to Surviving Extreme Weather
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. No matter where you live, extreme…
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The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It
Moqadi Mokoena had been feeling uneasy all day. When he’d left his home on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa,…
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Bayesian Yacht Sinking: Climate Change Created Perfect Storm for Waterspouts
The waterspout blamed for the deadly sinking of a luxury superyacht carrying the British tech billionaire Mike Lynch in Italy…
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