Locals used to say that Crawford Lake in Ontario was bottomless. Its waters ran deeper than people could reach. Anything that dropped into the basin, it seemed, would fall till the end of time. Digging into the lake’s sediments, scientists have uncovered a record of more than a

The rainfall that hit parts of Vermont on Monday had less than a 1-in-100 chance of occurring in any given year, according to federal flood data. By John Muyskens, Scott Dance and @ducroquet: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Breaking news: Phoenix tops 110 degrees for a 19th day in a row, beating its previous record, as relentless heat dome covers the southern U.S. wapo.st/43vxqtZ

1/ I'm confident that the most mesmerizing piece you'll read today is this story, about scientists' quest to reach bedrock on the Greenland ice sheet in an effort to discover when it last melted altogether, and what it means for the #climate and all of us washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

1/ In “2C” we mapped the world’s hotspots. With “Invisible” we tracked greenhouse gas emissions entering the atmosphere. Now, in “The Human Limit” The Washington Post captures how extreme heat and other climate impacts threaten human health across the globe. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

1/ I care an enormous amount about a lot of the stories I’ve worked on during my The Washington Post career, but few have moved me as deeply as the one we published today about Stephan Goodwin, and the risks people with schizophrenia face in extreme heat. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

NEW: We went to Kolkata, India, to document how heat waves hit the most underprivileged communities hardest. Complex architectural problems overlap with basic issues of space and resources — 9 people sleep in one room, and A/C would just blow hot air into neighboring homes

1/ Washington D.C. was built on water -- and as the planet warms, those zombie creeks and streams are rising and threaten to swallow it. Essential reading and viewing, by dana priest and John Muyskens washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

🐦 North America has lost 3 billion birds in half a century. For my Climate Lab column, I made an app where you can see the population trend for almost any bird species in the United States. Play with it here: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

See how bird populations are declining in the United States, city by city. Another magical column by ⁦Harry Stevens⁩ edited by ⁦Monica Ulmanu⁩ washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Some job news, about my dear colleague Monica Ulmanu - she's become senior editor for visual storytelling, building on her role as a leader in the The Washington Post Climate & Environment department. She will help drive transformation in our newsroom, making all of out work better.

2 weeks ago, we started photographing cherry trees by DC's Tidal Basin, thinking we had lots of time to capture the buds gradually unfold. Instead, we wound up capturing the 2nd earliest peak bloom on record. New Climate Lab column w/ Niko Kommenda: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Celebrating the 2024 #NIHCM Data-Driven Storytelling Award winner The Washington Post! bit.ly/NIHCMAW24 #NIHCMAwardsJournalism #NIHCMAwards

Bishop, one of the last surviving North Atlantic right whales on Earth, has vanished. But his species can still be saved. See his journey, and what we can learn from it, in the latest Climate Lab by Harry Stevens w/ Dino Grandoni and Monica Ulmanu washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Just published! We are constantly breathing tiny plastics around us. We show here what happens when they get inside our bodies! with Shannon Osaka

1/ Carolina Beach, N.C. is a nice little beach town. But a threat is lurking there -- flooding fueled by higher sea levels. We positioned cameras there to capture, in real time, why local leaders are losing the battle against the ocean's rise. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

☀️Summer or ❄️winter? Which season has warmed faster in your town? I found out the rate of temperature change in winter and summer over the past 80 years. On 54% of the planet’s surface, winter has warmed faster than summer. Look up your town here: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

There are big hurricanes -- and then there's #HurricanwHelene Check out this amazing piece by Scott Dance Simon Ducroquet John Muyskens Monica Ulmanu and john farrell to get perspective on why it's so dangerous washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

NEW: Videos and this map reveal the extent of Helene’s destruction. Check out this powerful piece of visual storytelling by John Muyskens john farrell Naema Ahmed Simon Ducroquet and Jason Samenow edited by Monica Ulmanu washingtonpost.com/weather/intera…

Billion-dollar disasters are on the rise. Many blame climate change. But evidence points to a different cause: societal growth and risky development. In today's Climate Lab, explore the scientific debate about why the weather is getting more expensive: wapo.st/3YiJgaz