Science Fact or Science Fiction? Science Fact or Science Fiction?
Climate change is real, and its impact is potentially devastating to our way of life. So why do the news media have such a hard time telling the straight story?
Mar 27, 2006 / Feature / Bryan Farrell
Political Science Political Science
NASA climatologist James E. Hansen won't let political pressure from the Bush Administration blunt the urgency of his research on global warming: It's not too late to mitigate th...
Feb 14, 2006 / Feature / Bryan Farrell
Titans of Trash Titans of Trash
Gas-guzzling SUVs take a lot of blame, but landfills make stealthy stealthy contributions to climate change. While they should be developing innovative waste disposal strategies, c...
Nov 30, 2005 / Feature / Heather Rogers
Melting Away Melting Away
Geophysicists are debating whether recent catastrophic storms signal an abrupt climate change that will trigger seasons of permanent icelessness in the Atlantic and return the eart...
Oct 7, 2005 / Feature / Mike Davis
Global Storm Warning Global Storm Warning
Scientists universally recognize the devastating effects of global warming, including its possible role in creating Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. It's time for skeptics to listen up...
Sep 29, 2005 / Mark Hertsgaard
Climate and the G-8 Climate and the G-8
Though the G-8 leaders should subsidize zero-carbon energy sources, they should resist Bush's advocacy of nuclear energy.
Jun 29, 2005 / Mark Hertsgaard
A Challenge to Enviros A Challenge to Enviros
America's environmental movement has failed and should die as soon as possible so something better can take its place.
Dec 16, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Climate, the Absent Issue Climate, the Absent Issue
Every once in a while there is good news in this troubled world, and the choice of Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai as this year's Nobel Peace Prizewinner is one suc...
Oct 14, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard
Boiling Point Boiling Point
Nature doesn't compromise on global climate change; activists must not either.
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Ross Gelbspan
A New Ice Age? A New Ice Age?
George W. Bush may not know it, but one influential part of his government is finally taking global climate change seriously.
Feb 12, 2004 / Mark Hertsgaard