Patrick from Graz, Austria, wants more “swag” in the European Parliament.

Asked if it's OK to hit your girlfriend or wife, 1/3 of German men (ages 18-35) said YES. 1/3 also said they've hit their partner in the past or would do so "to make her respect them". zeit.de/gesellschaft/2…

An entire peak, gone in seconds. As permafrost in the Alps thaws, the mountains are crumbling. I reported from the area just last summer and you could already see how unstable the rock was. nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-an…

59 percent of voters approved a new law that will help bring Switzerland to #NetZero by 2050. A similar initiative failed in 2021. swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/s…

Last train ride to Zurich before I move to the US for a Nieman Foundation fellowship. I’ll miss this.

A panel of distinguished judges selected 76 finalists from nearly 1,100 entries, representing news outlets from six continents. See the full list of finalists with links to their outstanding work at coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the-2… or scroll down to read it here ⬇️

I've been in many situations dominated by misogynist alpha males before, but never would have expected that the worst of them are those trying to buy my grandma's beat-up, metallic pink Peugeot 208.

Die #MA35 Einwanderungsbehörde der Stadt Wien ist nicht mehr zu erkennen. Werden jetzt freundlich betreut, am Telefon hebt sogar jemand ab und beantwortet Fragen, ganz kompetent. Unglaublich, was da in kürzester Zeit geleistet wurde. Großes Lob.

Switzerland sees itself as a leader on climate action; a group of senior women argue otherwise. @DeniseHruby reports on the unlikely group fighting against heat related deaths: thedial.world/issue-4/swizte…

When I took a trip to Vienna‘s new satellite city, I thought I’d write a lovely piece about the future of housing. Couldn’t believe what I saw - or what I didn’t see. How can you plan housing for 25,000+ ppl with so little green spaces?

Since 2004, Johannes Fritz has used an ultralight aircraft to teach migration paths to ibises. Now, as the climate changes, he must teach them a new, longer path that avoids the dangerous trek over the wintry Alps, reports @DeniseHruby for The New York Times. nytimes.com/2023/08/18/wor…

What does good climate journalism look like? Or bad climate journalism? In a new Q&A, journalist and Nieman Foundation Fellow Denise Hruby talks about her years reporting on climate around the globe and her current research on how media can shape climate action: bit.ly/47LhN3X

Good news are hard to find when it comes to coral reefs, but here's some reason for hope -- and my 1st story as the new climate reporter Miami Herald. Excited to work on the frontlines of climate change with such a terrific team More to come! miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

As the sun rises, we're starting to get a better sense of what #Helene did. Massive surge near landfall, but 5+ feet even all the way down in Fort Myers. Homes flooded, boats tossed, sewer systems nonfunctioning and hundreds of requests for rescue miamiherald.com/news/weather/h…

Waiting for Milton, less than 2 weeks after Helene. I covered the aftermath on the devastated Gulf Coast, most of it from storm surge. So: Should we build higher? And if so, what’s high enough? miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

We have landfall, folks. The nightmare scenario for Tampa Bay was narrowly avoided, but a whole lot of tragedy is underway in Sarasota right now. Recovery is going to suck. And #Milton still has the rest of the state to tear through miamiherald.com/news/weather/h…

Hurricane Milton + Helene have given rise to so much disinformation that both Republicans and Democrats are pushing back. I spoke to 3 top-notch scientists who explained why Florida was hit by these two storms, and what we can and can't do about it miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

Brilliant writing about both the tragedy of mega-hurricanes and what can be done to adapt by Denise Hruby. A news story, a set of reflections, a fable, rolled into one. miamiherald.com/news/local/env… #ClimateChange

If you haven't yet, read this incredibly touching piece by Christopher Spata on what Milton and Helene felt like, and why this moment in time is so different tampabay.com/hurricane/2024…

How will Milton & Helene change housing in Florida? For one, we'll be seeing more elevated homes. Among them: TikTok star & paediatrician Dr. Martin, whose followers watched her home flood 3x in just 4 years. Video @ashleym miamiherald.com/news/local/env…