How to Navigate Stormy, Overheated TimesHow to foster an adaptive, agile, inquiry-based approach to building a life course — drawing on 35 years of risk-focused reporting.May 27, 2021May 27, 2021
When a Submarine Sank our SailboatBy Bill Revkin (written in 2018; published here by his son Andy)Apr 16, 2021Apr 16, 2021
Lessons from Lost Cities, Visions of Altered SkiesAuthors Elizabeth Kolbert and Annalee Newitz explore past urban ages and future Earth fixes.Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021
Family statement on the passing, at 79, of Rajendra Pachauri, who led the U.N.’sI reported on the rise, triumphs, tribulations and troubles of Rajendra K. Pachauri, the longest-serving chairman of the Intergovernmental…Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
A Selfless Parrot and Australia’s FiresA friend and Earth Institute colleague, Brighton Kaoma, posted a Buddhist parable on Facebook that prompted me to think about the…Jan 18, 2020Jan 18, 2020
Thank You, Brain — A Stroke as a GiftSeven years ago, my brain hinted to me that I might be having a stroke.Jul 4, 2018Jul 4, 2018
A Farewell to Ice (a 1995 Climate Warning)This story of mine, about the rapid retreat of iconic glaciers that long defined life in the Swiss Alps, was originally published in Conde…Jun 17, 2018Jun 17, 2018
Bob Kates, a Pioneer in Sustainability Science— A Farewell at 89I first got to know the self-described “independent scholar” Bob Kates when I was working on the special “Managing Planet Earth” issue of…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
Humans in a Changing Climate — Science and SolutionsA user-friendly, spin-free, bite-size guide to global warming drawing on three decades of reports from the National Academy of Sciences and…Jan 10, 20181Jan 10, 20181
Troubles in a Dammed NationThe Times has produced an excellent visual/story package on America’s aging dams, prompted by California’s close scrape as relentless rain…Feb 23, 2017Feb 23, 2017