Climate
Vox’s coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues
Back-to-back atmospheric rivers have triggered floods, snowstorms, and power outages in the Golden State.
A new solution to save the iconic Joshua tree uses a distant relative of one of the Mojave’s ancient seed distributors: The camel.
Everything from Ozempic to Covid vaccines is tested on long-tailed macaques. Experts believe many are illegally trafficked from the wild.
Scientists have never seen a newborn great white shark ... until (maybe) now.
So, Biden paused LNG exports. Does this … fix climate change?
It’s good news for bat-haters and bad news for everyone else.
Don’t let climate doom win.
Stray cats harm wildlife. Should we kill them?
American energy needs are changing. So far, the US power grid has been able to keep you warm.
Yes, it’s freezing now. But winters are actually warming dangerously fast.
Climate change and other human impacts are turning some animals nocturnal.
At the center of a controversial new proposal to limit logging are very, very old trees.
The justices are threatening to put themselves in charge of every single federal agency. They should resist that temptation.
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?
Why there should be more collaboration in cellular agriculture.
Meat and dairy are driving the climate crisis. Why won’t world leaders at COP28 do anything about it?
The tangled nature of climate change and colonialism means justice has to account for both.
The CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks wants us to be better prepared for overlapping existential risks.
The Climate Optimism author believes focusing on victories can engender more positive action.
Chile’s minister for the environment hopes to bring science, social equality, and decarbonization together.
The co-founders and co-CEOs of the Institute for Progress want to kick-start America’s innovation engine.
Ritchie believes we can be the first generation to build a sustainable world.
At just 17, Butler is drawing attention to the connections between animal rights and the climate crisis.
Donti is showing how machine learning can be a powerful ally to address the climate crisis.
Reaching net-zero emissions requires a historic overhaul of America’s infrastructure. Jenkins is mapping the way.
The Heatmap News cofounder wants to cover all of climate — not just science.