Climate Archive
Archives for December 2023


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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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


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

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


Spolier: Cows.

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

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


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

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