Sarah Kaplan

Washington, D.C.

Climate Reporter at The Washington Post

Climate reporter @washingtonpost, steward @postguild. I love all the planets but I write about how we can save this one. She/her. [email protected]

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Articles

Court throws out Peruvian farmer’s climate lawsuit against energy giant

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Kaplan |Leo Sands

Court throws out Peruvian farmer’s climate lawsuit against energy giant (washingtonpost.com) Court throws out Peruvian farmer’s climate lawsuit against energy giant By Sarah Kaplan; Leo Sands 2025052811304100 A German court on Wednesday dismissed a Peruvian farmer's lawsuit against one of the country's largest energy giants in a ruling that left open the possibility for other polluters to be held liable for climate change.
The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce

1 week ago | eu.detroitnews.com | Sarah Kaplan |Scott Dance

SCIENCESarah Kaplan and Scott DanceThe Washington PostView Comments What to stock on the shelves. Which airport destination to choose for a freight shipment. The specifications for bridge building. Across the country, retailers make calls every day based on weather and climate data from the Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Kaplan |Scott Dance

The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce (washingtonpost.com) The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce By Sarah Kaplan; Scott Dance 2025052310000000 What to stock on the shelves. Which airport destination to choose for a freight shipment. The specifications for bridge building.
Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Ruby Mellen |Sarah Kaplan

Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says (washingtonpost.com) Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says By Ruby Mellen; Sarah Kaplan 2025052100105100 Ten years ago, policymakers and nation states set the world's most important climate goal: limiting planetary warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).
Estará o planeta a perder um dos seus melhores meios de abrandar as alterações climáticas?

1 month ago | publico.pt | Sarah Kaplan

Ouça este artigo 00:00 10:34 Exclusivo Gostaria de Ouvir? Assine já A concentração de dióxido de carbono na atmosfera cresceu no ano passado ao ritmo mais rápido de que há registo.
Is the planet losing one of its best ways to slow climate change?

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Kaplan

Is the planet losing one of its best ways to slow climate change? (washingtonpost.com) Is the planet losing one of its best ways to slow climate change? By Sarah Kaplan 2025041610003600 The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year grew at the fastest rate in recorded history — a dramatic spike that scientists fear may indicate that Earth's ecosystems are so stressed by warming they can no longer absorb much of the pollution humanity emits.
Trump’s new reason for canceling grants: ‘Climate anxiety’

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Scott Dance |Sarah Kaplan

The Trump administration this week offered a new reason to stop climate change research: It scares children. Officials cut $4 million in funding to a climate research center at Princeton University that is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Commerce Department officials, who oversee NOAA, said they were canceling federal support to several of the center’s projects that predict the ways global warmth will disrupt Earth systems.
O gelo marinho de Inverno no Árctico caiu para o nível mais baixo já registado

2 months ago | publico.pt | Sarah Kaplan

A extensão do gelo marinho que cobre o Árctico neste Inverno caiu para o nível mais baixo já registado, anunciou uma equipa de investigadores, alertando para mais um sinal ameaçador dos efeitos das mudanças climáticas na região de aquecimento mais rápido do mundo. Após meses de incessante escuridão polar, as condições são gélidas e grande parte do oceano está congelado.
The forgotten history of the U.S.’s Cold War presence in Greenland

2 months ago | spokesman.com | Sarah Kaplan

The villagers of Uummannaq were given just four days to leave their homes. It was the spring of 1953, the Cold War was nearing its peak and the United States had set its sights on this remote Greenlandic settlement more than 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The broad plain at the edge of the ice sheet was viewed as the ideal spot for an expanded Air Force base to defend against Soviet missiles. But the 116 civilians living nearby would have to go.
Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Kaplan

Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low (washingtonpost.com) Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low By Sarah Kaplan 2025032817173400 The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level on record, researchers announced this week, an ominous signal about the effects of climate change in the world's fastest-warming region.