.Rachel Leah Siegel is so so good at explaining complex and sometimes counterintuitive ideas about the economy. Read this to understand how "the economy is not a zero-sum game" when it comes to jobs, prices and immigration. washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

Haila spent the day searching scorched corpses at the clinic in Tal al-Sultan for any sign of his missing family members. “What we live in this life cannot be described,” he said. It was like being “on the waiting list” to die. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

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

A🧵from our new investigation unpacking how the tobacco industry woos Black and LGBTQ+ allies Last fall, I kept seeing vaping association ads touting a Center for Black Equity report that says e-cigarettes save Black and LGBTQ+ lives. Reporting revealed an odd back story

As Hurricane Beryl barrels across the Caribbean, read Dino Grandoni’s story about vital research on the coolest topic you’ve never heard of: paleotempestology washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

A record 10 million dengue cases have been recorded in the first six months of 2024. That's ~1 in 800 people on the planet. Yet experts say humanity is unprepared for how climate change will turn this neglected tropical disease into a global threat. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06…

NEW VIDEO: Climate change is fueling a global surge of #dengue fever as #mosquitoes multiply in warmer, wetter weather. And now, public health officials fear it'll crop up in more temperate regions of the U.S. amid summer travel. LenaSun and Sarah Kaplan explain:

Incredible, sobering photos of the #ThompsonFire in Oroville by Josh Edelson and Ethan Swope

🌡️BREAKING : Earth reached its highest temperature in recorded history Sunday, breaking the mark set just last summer. 📈🔥 Reporting by Sarah Kaplan ⤵️ washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Before last July, the world never had a day hotter than 16.8 degrees Celsius. In the last 13 months — each of which was the warmest on record — we notched *57* days hotter than that. And then came Sunday — the hottest day scientists have ever seen. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

AGAIN! On Monday, the average temperature of the planet hit a new record high for a second day in a row. Uncharted territory indeed. Sarah Kaplan is on top of it: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

For the second day in a row, Earth on Monday hit an all-time temperature record. The last time the planet was this hot, Neanderthals still existed and stone spear points were the height of technological innovation. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

As Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida, a Redfin analysis of U.S. Census Bureau and First Street data shows that Americans are disproportionately moving the most flood-prone counties in that state -- and across the country. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

There is a secret landscape beneath every field of wildflowers. A world of beings that are just as beautiful, dynamic and inspiring as the blooms above. Dig in to the hidden lives of seeds with Alice Li Audrey Valbuena and me: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Tens of thousands of disabled people in the US are paid less than the minimum wage — w some making as little as 25 cents/ hour. Our 9 month, 3 part investigation into an obscure provision of the FLSA, w the great Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵 & Caitlin Gilbert: washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

Breaking news: humans didn’t stop doing the thing that makes the planet hot, so the planet got hotter. Copernicus ECMWF reports 2024 was the hottest summer on record washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

New findings from GlobalCarbonProject show the world is falling critically short in its efforts to control methane, putting the planet on a path towards the worst case climate scenario washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Sobering satellite imagery of the wildfire outbreak rapidly escalating across Southern California. This is getting bad.

I'm helping to cover climate issues in tonight's presidential debate! Follow along for insights from me and my much smarter colleagues here: washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…