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Climate Archive

Archives for December 2023

Climate
How 7 scientists feel after the hottest year on recordHow 7 scientists feel after the hottest year on record
Climate

What it’s like to study a world facing unprecedented changes.

By Umair Irfan
Feeling a strange sadness over losing snow? That might be solastalgia.
Culture

Finally, a term that explains the sorrow of a whole season — and a way of life — melting before our eyes.

By Anna North
The greenwashing of wool, explained
Future Perfect

Big Wool wants you to believe it’s nice to animals and the environment. It’s not.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Indigenous activists are risking their lives for butterflies
Climate

In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging.

By Anjan Sundaram
The ridiculously stupid reason the US is letting animals spiral toward oblivion
Down to Earth

Good God, give this US agency a few more dollars to stop a mass extinction.

By Benji Jones
Welcome to the extinction capital of the world
Down to Earth

Our planet faces a mass extinction. I visited ground zero.

By Benji Jones
Climate
Don’t be satisfied with a pledge to end fossil fuelsDon’t be satisfied with a pledge to end fossil fuels
Climate

Climate activist Bill McKibben on how to make sense of COP28: “Let’s make that concession hurt.”

By Paige Vega
3 wins and 3 losses at the biggest climate conference ever
Climate

Was COP28 the beginning of the end of fossil fuels? Kinda.

By Umair Irfan
Future Perfect
We raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat themWe raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat them
Future Perfect

From farm to plate, one in four animals raised on factory farms are wasted.

By Kenny Torrella
In Malawi, a blueprint for recovery from climate disaster
Climate

Cyclone Freddy destroyed the small East African country. Targeted reparations can alleviate poverty and help communities recover.

By Yessenia Funes
Climate
Pledges to slash methane pollution at COP28 are leaving out one big thingPledges to slash methane pollution at COP28 are leaving out one big thing
How to detox coal country
Climate

To clean up poisoned streams, Appalachian researchers are turning acid mine drainage into something unexpected.

By Kate Morgan
The severe El Niño in South America is a preview of a climate-changed world
Climate

Dengue, drought, and floods are hammering Peru and Bolivia this year. At the UN climate talks, they’re seeking justice.

By Umair Irfan
Climate
An oil executive is leading the UN climate summit. It’s going as well as you’d expect.An oil executive is leading the UN climate summit. It’s going as well as you’d expect.
Climate

The head of COP28 is facing widespread backlash for his comments on fossil fuels.

By Li Zhou
Our love of orcas is making them miserable
Future Perfect

Whales and dolphins are smart, social, and thrive in the open sea. Why do we force them to live in tiny pools?

By Tove K. Danovich