Climate
Vox’s coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues
Rich people debate washing machines for fun. But for billions of poor people, the debate really matters.
Why climate scientists are so concerned about aerosols, not just greenhouse gasses.
This storm showed us how mega-storms are worsening. And how unprepared we are.
After a relatively quiet summer, hurricane season resumes with potentially deadly force.
The VP candidate loves to snuggle baby animals. He’s giving factory farming a progressive sheen.
The UN has three months to reach a deal on plastic pollution.
The strategy comes at a cost for the planet.
Solar’s extraordinary forecast-defying growth, explained.
Unique factors have driven torrential rains around the world — but there’s also a likely common thread.
A Vox reader asks: Is there really an insect apocalypse happening? We explain what’s really going on.
Next to some of the priciest real estate in the world, the Shinnecock Nation refuses to merely retreat from its vulnerable shoreline.
As other animals flee the flames, these beetles get busy.
If the race to stop a spill in the Red Sea fails, it would be one of the worst in history.
561 research papers in, the case for degrowth is still weak.
We buy stuff. We throw it away. There’s a system to stop this toxic cycle.
A frightening wildlife disease is killing millions of bats in the US. Humans are collateral damage.
The case for and against fracking, politics aside.
The largest mass transit system in the United States is overdue for an upgrade.
It’s time to add one more contingency to your travel plans: a major natural disaster.
To thwart a disease that’s decimating Caribbean coral reefs, scientists are turning to an unlikely drug.
Climate change was a huge issue for Democrats in the 2020 election. Voters care less now.
The Gulf’s looming hurricane problem, explained in a simple graph.
Arcane permitting rules are holding back clean energy. Speeding it up could have some big drawbacks.
An island in the south Caribbean has shown a unique resilience to climate change, but now it faces the ultimate test.
And a few things you can do about it.
How one Karuk fire crew leader is decolonizing our relationship to fire.
How does a hurricane that lands in Florida knock out power in Vermont?
Japan’s early-warning system shows a few extra seconds can save scores of lives.
Early warnings save lives. A recent quake provides a helpful case study.
What happens when your favorite athletes can’t take the heat?
The environmental injustice of a $4.6 billion carbon capture project in Louisiana.
Is this much rain normal?
The long, maddening, glorious, vital fight against factory farming.
Animal rights must become a core issue for progressives.
The neglected environmental and health benefits of fighting Big Meat — for humans.
Organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund are laundering Big Meat’s propaganda. At what cost?
Should we help wild animals get to better habitats to survive?
Believing we’re invulnerable to emergencies isn’t going to work.
When vultures died off in India, people died too.
California’s Park Fire displaced thousands of people. What will happen to them?