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Climate

Vox's coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues

Climate

The extraordinary need for disaster warning systems, explained

By Umair Irfan

Climate

A climate scientist on how to recognize the new climate change denial

By Avishay Artsy

The Highlight

We need the right kind of climate optimism

By Hannah Ritchie

Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?

By Bryan Walsh September 22

I visited a beautiful coral reef in 2022. What I saw there this summer shocked me.

By Benji Jones September 21

What climate activists mean when they say “end fossil fuels”

By Rebecca Leber September 21

It’s time to replace urban delivery vans with e-bikes

By Liz Scheltens September 20

The United States of Florida

The ocean is rising — and so is Miami’s skyline

By Umair Irfan September 18

The United States of Florida

Florida has become a zoo. A literal zoo.

By Benji Jones September 18

The terrible paradox of air pollution and climate change

By Rachel DuRose September 17

America’s most iconic coral reef is dying. Only one thing will save it.

By Benji Jones September 17

The political failures behind Libya’s deadly flooding

By Jonathan Guyer September 13

Is the future of energy ... pouring water on hot rocks in the ground?

By Dylan Matthews September 13

Climate disasters will happen everywhere, anytime

By Rebecca Leber September 13

Wildfires are coming... for New Jersey?

By Kylie Mohr September 12

How cars ruin wild animals’ lives

By Marina Bolotnikova September 12

We know where the next big earthquakes will happen — but not when

By Umair Irfan September 11

The Vox guide to extreme heat

The Southern Hemisphere, where it’s winter, has been really hot too

By Umair Irfan September 9

The world’s brutal climate change report card, explained

By Rebecca Leber and Umair Irfan September 9

The oil industry’s cynical gamble on Arctic drilling

By Rebecca Leber September 8

Rethinking the war on invasive species

By Bryan Walsh September 7

Burning Man’s climate protesters have a point

By Adam Clark Estes September 3

How sharks avoid the wrath of an extreme hurricane

By Benji Jones August 31

The myths we tell ourselves about American farming

By Kenny Torrella August 31

There’s been a shift in how we think about climate change

By Rebecca Leber August 31

A Florida hurricane and shooting are testing Ron DeSantis

By Nicole Narea August 30

How Louisiana — one of the nation’s wettest states — caught on fire

By Li Zhou August 30

Why Hurricane Idalia is so dangerous, explained in 7 maps

By Umair Irfan and Benji Jones August 30

America’s Trumpiest court just put itself in charge of nuclear safety

By Ian Millhiser August 29

The Vox guide to extreme heat

This summer is giving us a glimpse at the dangerous future of work

By Whizy Kim and Kenny Torrella August 25

The first GOP debate reveals a disturbing level of climate change denial

By Rebecca Leber August 24

Hurricane Hilary soaked an already wet California. Is the drought over?

By Benji Jones August 22

Why Hurricane Hilary is so strange — and how it has impacted California

By Ellen Ioanes and Nicole Narea August 21

What I saw after the wildfires on Maui

By J. Matt August 19

4 Updates

What we know about the wildfires in Hawaii

By Vox Staff August 18

Hawaii could burn again. How can the government prepare?

By Rebecca Leber August 18

9 things everyone should know about Maui’s wildfire disaster

By Benji Jones August 18

We’re bad at predicting the future and there’s no way around it

By Kelsey Piper August 17

Biden’s historic climate law has a problem

By Rebecca Leber August 16

The LED light revolution has only just begun

By Umair Irfan August 14

These kids sued over climate change — and won

By Jonquilyn Hill August 14

How Maui’s wildfires became so apocalyptic

By Benji Jones August 14

This strange hurricane season may take a turn for the worse

By Umair Irfan August 10

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