Articles by Christopher Mims

Christopher Mims's dystopian non-fiction is sought after by an ever-growing roster of publications.

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Sales of residential solar in Japan explode like reactor #4

Sales of solar panels for Japanese homes are up 30.7 percent in 2011, despite -- or, let's be real, because of -- the economic hit the country took in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.

Christopher Mims Technology
How ancient humans killed off Africa’s rainforests

It turns out humans radically accelerated the loss of Africa’s forests 3,000 years ago.

Christopher Mims Science
Why the 21st century will see migration back to the Rust Belt

Now that climate change means the Sun Belt is becoming the Drought Belt, you might want to head north.

Christopher Mims Buildings
Earth is losing 39 cubic miles of ice per year

Thanks to the GRACE satellite, we now know that the planet is shedding 150 billion tons of ice annually, like some gigantic glass of lemonade left out in the sun.

Christopher Mims Science