Jane Braxton Little

Jane Braxton Little is an independent journalist who writes about science and natural resources for publications that include The Atlantic, Audubon, National Geographic, and Scientific American. She moved to Plumas County in 1969 for a summer that has yet to end.

A New Orleans family travels to their home near New Orleans, La., after it was flooded during Hurricane Ida on September 13, 2021.

On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury

The importance of place and the draw of home is at odds with the future we have created for our planet.

Jun 8, 2023 / Jane Braxton Little

Paradise, California wildfire

The Rise of the Year-Round Wildfire The Rise of the Year-Round Wildfire

Humanity may already have passed the point of simply managing ourselves out of the fiery apocalypse scientists predict we’re heading for.

Dec 15, 2022 / Jane Braxton Little

Who Drives the Climate Train?

Who Drives the Climate Train? Who Drives the Climate Train?

As both its victims and its drivers, humans could, at least theoretically, apply the brakes on the locomotive.

Mar 23, 2022 / Jane Braxton Little

American Flag

This Is Life After the Dixie Fire This Is Life After the Dixie Fire

People in high places with money to share are not riding over the ridge to our rescue.

Dec 16, 2021 / Jane Braxton Little

I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too.

I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too. I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too.

Greenville offers a glimpse of our future under climate change.

Sep 13, 2021 / Jane Braxton Little

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