Global Warming

America Needs a Coast Guard That Can Fight

As the Arctic becomes an arena for conflict, the United States’ forgotten naval force will need to cowboy up.

BY JAMES HOLMES | MARCH 15, 2013

The Tangled Tale of Malaysia's Dirty Battleground State

How an ex-British prime minister’s sister-in-law, a headhunter’s grandson, dodgy PR firms, and a Malaysian kingpin are colliding in a fight over the future of democracy.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 13, 2013

Terror Management

Could a shared fear of climate change unite enemies?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MARCH 4, 2013

Doomsday Preppers

At a new center in Cambridge, a philosopher, an astronomer, and a software pioneer are looking for ways to save humanity from itself.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

It's not just Obama -- the entire world is ready to get serious about climate change. 

BY AMY MYERS JAFFE, DANIEL SPERLING | JANUARY 24, 2013

Over the Horizon

Five unlikely but extremely destabilizing global crises that Obama must prepare for now.

BY MARTIN INDYK | JANUARY 18, 2013

Second-Term Heat

What will be the legacy of Obama's next four years?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 18, 2013

The Three Most Dangerous Things About Threat Lists

What the pundits and analysts don't tell you.

BY AMY ZEGART | JANUARY 16, 2013

The Climate Scofflaw

Is the United States really the impediment to a universal compact on global warming?

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 7, 2012

The People's Republic of California

Why isn’t the Golden State at the climate talks in Doha?

BY MICHAEL LEVI | DECEMBER 4, 2012

The Corruption Pandemic

Why corruption is set to become one of the defining political issues of the 21st century.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Climate Course Correction

The world has spent two decades developing policies to combat global warming -- and we have little to show for it.

BY BJØRN LOMBORG | NOVEMBER 5, 2012

12 Catastrophes the Next President Must Avoid

We've heard plenty about what the candidates want to do in office, but the future will be determined by what Tuesday's winner doesn't do.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Adapt or Die

Still think climate change is a joke?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Why Bloomberg Endorsed Obama

Yes, it really is climate change, stupid.

BY GERNOT WAGNER | NOVEMBER 2, 2012

One Storm Away

10 major world cities that could end up underwater.

BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | OCTOBER 31, 2012

Winds of Change

From the failed Mongol invasion of Japan to Cyclone Nargis, six storms that changed the course of history.

BY TY MCCORMICK | OCTOBER 30, 2012

Climate Deniers

When the economy is suffering, no one wants to hear about an impending environmental catastrophe.

BY KATE SHEPPARD | NOVEMBER 2012

Too Cool

Bjorn Lomborg missed the mark in his attacks on a new report about the costs of climate change.

BY MATTHEW MCKINNON | OCTOBER 4, 2012

Not So Hot

The new climate-change study getting all the headlines is deliberately misleading. Too bad so many in the media got fooled.

BY BJORN LOMBORG | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Word Is Bond

Has President Obama kept Candidate Obama's campaign promises?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JULY 23, 2012

Atmosphere of Distortion

When is it OK to blame climate change for a heat wave?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 5, 2012

Mad Libs: The Geopolitics of Energy

What does the U.S. oil and gas boom mean for international energy markets and climate change initiatives? We asked top experts, and here's what they told us.

JULY/AUGUST 2012

Think Again: The American
Energy Boom

Yes, oil and gas made in the USA is surging. But does that really liberate us from the Middle East?

BY MICHAEL LEVI | JULY/AUGUST 2012

The World in Photos This Week

An  ex-president is convicted, England celebrates, and Angela Merkel feeds a penguin.

JUNE 1, 2012

Two Worlds, One Climate

Forget Kyoto. There’s a much better way to persuade the developing world to fight climate change.

BY PETER PASSELL | MAY 23, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

A tragedy in Toulouse, spring has sprung, and a general testifies.

MARCH 23, 2012

The Geopolitics of Energy in the 21st Century

The second installment of an interview with Daniel Yergin.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 5, 2011

Cloudy with a Chance of Insurgency

Does extreme weather cause war? Don't count on it.

BY CHARLES KENNY | AUGUST 29, 2011

Global Warming

It's too darn hot -- pretty much everywhere.

JULY 21, 2011