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After nearly two decades of championing extreme frugality and waging a public war against modern car culture, Peter Adeney—better known to millions of readers as the financial blogger Mr. Money…

This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Even as Philadelphia trends toward its lowest annual homicide total since 1963, the city’s…

As extreme weather events become increasingly frequent and severe across the globe, they do not only bring physical destruction, power outages, and infrastructural strain; they also create fertile ground for…

As the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events continue to escalate globally, communities find themselves increasingly vulnerable not only to physical devastation, but also to a secondary crisis: the…

Climate scientists have already established that Europe’s sweltering summer was the hottest on record, bringing widespread disruption, infrastructure strain, and environmental crisis across the continent. Now, new research reveals that…

Matthew Mayich stepped onto the field of Sun Angel Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, at about 7 a.m. on August 20. It was the standout hockey player’s first official practice with…

Off the Pacific coast of South America, a vast expanse of warm water is mutating into a meteorological freak of nature. Hovering at more than 3 degrees Celsius above normal,…

By now, the headlines have become impossible to ignore, flashing across news feeds with alarming frequency. Described by meteorologists and researchers as "jaw-dropping," this year’s climate anomalies are poised to…

Off the Pacific coast of South America, a monumental shift in the Earth’s climate system is taking shape. A massive band of warm water known as El Niño is rapidly…