May 2020 – Climate Desk

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Wired

‘Oumuamua Might Be a Giant Interstellar Hydrogen Iceberg

It isn’t an alien spaceship, but new research suggests the first known interstellar object to grace our solar system could be something even stranger.

Daniel Oberhaus · May 29, 2020
HuffPost

Louisiana Bill Would Mandate 3-Year Minimum Sentence For Trespassing On Fossil Fuel Sites

The legislation could inflict harsh new punishments on Black protesters opposing a massive complex of plastics plants on what are likely slave burial grounds.

Alexander C. Kaufman · May 29, 2020
Mother Jones

Gardens Have Pulled America Out of Some of Its Darkest Times. We Need Another Revival.

Despite the headlines, Victory Gardens aren’t back. Not yet.

Tom Philpott · May 29, 2020
Mother Jones

The Same Advertisers That Bankroll Fox’s Bad Climate Coverage Are There for COVID-19

A new Media Matters report reveals just how loyal insurance companies are.

Will Peischel · May 28, 2020
Atlas Obscura

The Haunting Ghost Forests of Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Rising seas are claiming land, changing lives, and transforming our relationship with nature.

Sarah Laskow · May 26, 2020
HuffPost

It’s Official: Trump Is the Most Anti-Conservation President in History

An analysis finds that the administration has worked to weaken safeguards for nearly 35 million acres.

Chris D'Angelo · May 26, 2020
High Country News

The Bureau of Land Management Went Out of Its Way to Provide Pandemic Relief to Oil Companies

Encouraging public-lands drilling in the midst of a global oil glut

Nick Bowlin · May 26, 2020
Atlas Obscura

Mount St. Helens Is Going Green Again

Forty years of satellite imagery chronicles a remarkable floral comeback.

Isaac Schultz · May 25, 2020
Undark

COVID-19 Is Crushing Conservation Groups

Researchers behind habitat restoration and wildlife protection groups are struggling to continue work amid the pandemic.

Lindsay Fendt · May 25, 2020
HuffPost

“It’s Catastrophe Upon Catastrophe”—Michigan Flooding Is One of Many Pandemic Weather Disasters

A historic cyclone in South Asia, a preseason storm in the southeast US, droughts and fires show climate change doesn’t pause for the coronavirus.

Alexander C. Kaufman · May 23, 2020
Mother Jones

Atlantic Hurricanes Will be More Frequent and More Severe This Season

NOAA just released its predictions for 2020.

Will Peischel · May 22, 2020
High Country News

Every Corner of the Navajo Nation Has Been Hit By COVID-19

“We can outlive this virus.”

Kalen Goodluck · May 21, 2020