This Canadian lake shows humans started a new chapter in geologic time, scientists say washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Lahaina confronts an unbearable reality as survivors seek refuge Reis Thebault wapo.st/444Tfkn

'Broiling smoke,' rapid flames: How the fire devastated West Maui, hour by hour, via Joshua Partlow john farrell Brianna Sacks Brady Dennis & Joanna Slater wapo.st/3qnaNe3

When the Maui fires trapped Shaun ‘Buge’ Saribay, he promised his family: Don’t worry. Dad’s going to come home. He was armed with hoses, water bottles and luck as the scorching wildfire bore down on Lahaina. @reisthebault Zoeann Murphy Whitney Shefte washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…

Sleeping in cars and tents, Maui fire survivors are unsure what to do next wapo.st/3OH64M6

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In August 2018, a wildfire fueled by winds from a passing hurricane nearly killed Lahaina-area residents. There'd been no warnings, no preemptive power shutoff, and chaotic evacuations. After, residents confronted and warned officials it would happen again washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/0…

Hawaiian Electric moved and then hauled away broken power poles, lines, and other crucial pieces of equipment from the reported site where the Lahaina fire started before investigators arrived, lawyers say, potentially compromising evidence washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

This spring, I flew to a remote field camp in Greenland to report on an unprecedented experiment: Scientists were drilling through more than 1,000 feet of ice to uncover bedrock that could tell them about the ice sheet's dynamic past and dangerous future. wapo.st/3EbNRS5

Rituals of mourning are unfolding on Maui, where people are returning to the ocean to say goodbye to all that they’ve lost. Please read my dispatch — my love letter to Maui — and marvel at the stunning photos by Tamir Kalifa: washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08…

Oregon has gone left, alienating its vast eastern reaches. The result: Rather than relocate or fight Democrats on the coasts, conservatives say, why not move the border and become residents of Idaho? Me from eastern Oregon: washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09…

Congratulations to Azam Ahmed on his new book. He put his heart and soul into this one. I can't wait to read it. nytimes.com/2023/09/26/boo…

What one motel tells us about survival in post-disaster America wapo.st/466mbdD

Years into a climate disaster, these people are eating the unthinkable wapo.st/3smcLvW

A kidnapped Israeli peace activist and two sons grappling with the war now being waged in her name: washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/…

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The largest-ever dam removal is underway, a milestone in the nation’s reckoning over its attempts to bend nature to human will. A visually lush look at the Klamath dam project in California. Story by @reisthebault, video Alice Li, photos by melina mara washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

Amid the thin air and meager soil of a desert mountaintop, this pine tree has endured for 200 years. Then came 2023 - the hottest year on record - and the tree abruptly stopped growing. Its wood contains a powerful warning about the future of the Earth. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

As an ex-Mennonite who investigates drug trafficking in Mexico for a living, I've never felt more qualified to do a story than this one: Franz Kauenhofen, deeply in debt, and excommunicated for owning a smartphone, becomes a ruthless drug trafficker. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

The most exciting project I’ve ever been part of is out in print! Grab a copy of today’s Washington Post to get a special section containing all four stories of our “Unearthing the Future” series — adventures into Earth’s past that can help us confront future climate change.