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Matt Simon
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Matt Simon was a senior staff writer covering biology, robotics, and the environment. He’s the author, most recently, of
A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
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Going Down
Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea Level Rise: They’re Also Sinking
Mar 6, 2024 11:00 AM
timber tantrum
Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble
Mar 4, 2024 4:00 AM
Cloud Computing
US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day
Feb 29, 2024 8:00 AM
Warming Trend
What Would Happen if Every American Got a Heat Pump
Feb 23, 2024 7:00 AM
Making It Rain
Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be
Feb 19, 2024 8:00 AM
Hot Water
Ocean Temperatures Keep Shattering Records—and Stunning Scientists
Feb 15, 2024 7:00 AM
Pump It Up
The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps
Feb 14, 2024 3:01 PM
Waste Not
The City of Tomorrow Will Run on Your Toilet Water
Feb 12, 2024 12:00 PM
Eye in the Sky
NASA’s New PACE Observatory Searches for Clues to Humanity’s Future
Feb 8, 2024 11:15 AM
Pump It Up
These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump
Feb 7, 2024 5:00 AM
Light Show
Fiber Optics Bring You Internet. Now They’re Also Listening to Trains
Jan 31, 2024 7:00 AM
Well, Well, Well
The World’s Essential Aquifers Are in Deep Trouble
Jan 24, 2024 11:00 AM
Cold Comfort
How the Mighty Heat Pump Helps EVs in the Cold
Jan 19, 2024 3:15 PM
trawl space
Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean Depths
Jan 18, 2024 12:01 AM
Inferno
The Surprising Things That Helped Make 2023 the Hottest Year Ever
Jan 12, 2024 3:10 PM
Electric Dreams
The White House Just Announced a $623 Million EV-Charging Bonanza
Jan 11, 2024 5:00 AM
Carbon Sink
Why Humans Are Putting a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’ Back in the Ground
Jan 10, 2024 8:00 AM
Sinking Feeling
Critical Infrastructure Is Sinking Along the US East Coast
Jan 5, 2024 7:00 AM
Year in Review
Yes, the Climate Crisis Is Now ‘Gobsmacking.’ But So Is Progress
Dec 27, 2023 7:00 AM
Banking on Destruction
Your Money Is Funding Fossil Fuels Without You Knowing It
Dec 21, 2023 7:00 AM
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