Chico Harlan
@chicoharlan
Global climate correspondent for @washingtonpost. Previously Rome bureau chief. Past lives in Seoul, Tokyo, DC, Sydney. Instagram: chicoharlan
In today's @washingtonpost: The Mediterranean Sea is experiencing a record-smashing heat wave. @chicoharlan and I explore the data behind and potential consequences of the biggest marine anomaly on the planet right now. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4ezTtHk
The heat wave in the Mediterranean Sea is currently one of the largest marine anomalies on the planet. Above-average heat and humidity looks relentless across south-central Europe in the weeks ahead, which will reinforce this warm ocean blob.
Brutal heat waves are extending further into the "shoulder months" of June and Sept., this important story from @BenNollWeather & @chicoharlan shows. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
Valencia’s flood was a catastrophe. Was it also a crime? A powerful piece by @chicoharlan and @mrchavezphoto about the push for accountability after government officials failed to warn citizens in time to evacuate. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
After a wave of staff firings and retirements since Trump took office, the @NWS is more vulnerable. "For most of the last half century NWS has been a 24/7 operation — not anymore thanks to Elon Musk" insightful story by @ssdance wapo.st/3S2tGNB
Perhaps fitting for an American pope, Leo XIV just autographed a baseball.
There are no cheap shots in this @AdamKilgoreWP story, which makes it all the more devastating to see Bill Belichick debase himself at a Maine beauty pageant at the Holiday Inn. wapo.st/4jMpDRv
Leo XIV’s rise to the papacy occurred with astonishing speed. Just 2.5 years ago, he was one of the world’s 5,400 bishops — a job with local prominence, but no global visibility. And his diocese wasn't even particularly prominent: a mid-sized city on the coastal of Peru. 🧵
How Pope Leo XIV became the conclave’s stealth candidate washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…
There is some conflicting reporting on whether new Pope Leo XIV is a Cubs or White Sox fan. Well, I just spoke with Augustinian friar Joseph Farrell. Last night, Farrell texted to ask. Pope Leo XIV responded — less than 4 hrs after being elected — with one word: “Sox.”
Huge ongoing power outage in Spain and Portugal with no explanation yet given. It’s halted trains, stopped the Madrid Open tennis match, forced hospitals on to back-up generators, and brought transactions to a stand-still (because machines can’t process credit card payments).
I wrote so many stories about abuse in the Catholic Church during the pontificate of Francis. And this is something of an epilogue: The next pope will inherit a crisis that is changing — but decidedly not over. wapo.st/42tYcpD
In ways that proved prescient, Pope Francis was quick to grasp the risks posed by climate change. But his tenure showed humanity’s limits in confronting the peril. My piece on the legacy of the “climate pope.” wapo.st/42paJdW
A story you'll need to read to believe: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on the Houthis in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, @JeffreyGoldberg theatlantic.com/politics/archi…