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

What the heck is “corn sweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous?
Down to Earth

It’s pretty much just as gross as it sounds.

By Benji Jones
What the heck is “corn sweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous?
Down to Earth

It’s pretty much just as gross as it sounds.

By Benji Jones
Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis 
Climate

How climate change transforms our reproductive lives, from menstruation to fertility to pregnancy.

By Paige Vega
What do you do if The Really Big One strikes on your vacation?What do you do if The Really Big One strikes on your vacation?
Climate

It’s time to add one more contingency to your travel plans: a major natural disaster.

By Oshan Jarow
Why scientists are giving these beloved sea creatures human medicineWhy scientists are giving these beloved sea creatures human medicine
Down to Earth

To thwart a disease that’s decimating Caribbean coral reefs, scientists are turning to an unlikely drug.

By Benji Jones

The latest in Climate

Why Democrats aren’t talking much about one of their biggest issuesWhy Democrats aren’t talking much about one of their biggest issues
Politics

Climate change was a huge issue for Democrats in the 2020 election. Voters care less now.

By Umair Irfan
This chart of ocean heat is terrifyingThis chart of ocean heat is terrifying
Climate

The Gulf’s looming hurricane problem, explained in a simple graph.

By Benji Jones
Biden’s historic climate record has one big problemBiden’s historic climate record has one big problem
Climate

Arcane permitting rules are holding back clean energy. Speeding it up could have some big drawbacks.

By Umair Irfan
This coral reef has given scientists hope for years. Now they’re worried. 
Down to Earth

An island in the south Caribbean has shown a unique resilience to climate change, but now it faces the ultimate test.

By Benji Jones
The hidden reason why your power bill is so highThe hidden reason why your power bill is so high
Technology

And a few things you can do about it.

By Adam Clark Estes
We’re in a deadly cycle of mega fires. The way out is to burn more.
Climate

How one Karuk fire crew leader is decolonizing our relationship to fire.

By Joseph Lee
Even landlocked states aren’t safe from hurricanesEven landlocked states aren’t safe from hurricanes
Climate

How does a hurricane that lands in Florida knock out power in Vermont?

By Umair Irfan
Earthquakes are among our deadliest disasters. Scientists are racing to get ahead of them.Earthquakes are among our deadliest disasters. Scientists are racing to get ahead of them.
Natural Disasters

Japan’s early-warning system shows a few extra seconds can save scores of lives.

By Umair Irfan
The Summer Olympics can’t keep up with rising temperaturesThe Summer Olympics can’t keep up with rising temperatures
Climate

What happens when your favorite athletes can’t take the heat?

By Umair Irfan
What happens when a so-called climate solution risks your community’s safety?
Climate

The environmental injustice of a $4.6 billion carbon capture project in Louisiana.

By Yessenia Funes
The slow, wet, meandering destruction of Tropical Storm DebbyThe slow, wet, meandering destruction of Tropical Storm Debby
Climate

Is this much rain normal?

By Amy Green and Lisa Sorg
Humanity is failing one of its greatest moral tests
Future Perfect

The long, maddening, glorious, vital fight against factory farming.

By Marina Bolotnikova
If the left is serious about saving democracy, there’s one more cause to add to the list
Future Perfect

Animal rights must become a core issue for progressives.

By Astra Taylor and Sunaura Taylor
Ditching factory farming can help prevent another pandemic
Future Perfect

The neglected environmental and health benefits of fighting Big Meat — for humans.

By Jonathan Safran Foer and Aaron Gross
How the most powerful environmental groups help greenwash Big Meat’s climate impact
Future Perfect

Organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund are laundering Big Meat’s propaganda. At what cost?

By Kenny Torrella
Colorado wants to bring back the wolverine. There’s just one problem.
Down to Earth

Should we help wild animals get to better habitats to survive?

By Christine Peterson
The crucial first step in preparing for a climate disasterThe crucial first step in preparing for a climate disaster
Climate

Believing we’re invulnerable to emergencies isn’t going to work.

By Umair Irfan
These reviled birds of prey literally save people’s livesThese reviled birds of prey literally save people’s lives
Future Perfect

When vultures died off in India, people died too.

By Dylan Scott
Wildfires will put even more pressure on the country’s housing crisisWildfires will put even more pressure on the country’s housing crisis
Climate

California’s Park Fire displaced thousands of people. What will happen to them?

By Li Zhou
Venezuela’s Maduro just tightened his grip on power. What comes next?Venezuela’s Maduro just tightened his grip on power. What comes next?
World Politics

Nicolás Maduro has presided over Venezuela’s economic decline — while increasing his authoritarian tendencies.

By Ellen Ioanes
Do bigger highways actually help reduce traffic?Do bigger highways actually help reduce traffic?
Future Perfect

How America’s ever-widening highways are built on a lie.

By David Zipper
Oil companies sold the public on a fake climate solution — and swindled taxpayers out of billions
Climate

The fossil fuel industry’s carbon capture bamboozle, explained.

By Amy Westervelt
Joe Biden’s enormous, contradictory, and fragile climate legacyJoe Biden’s enormous, contradictory, and fragile climate legacy
Climate

If elected, Trump could slow down Biden’s progress, but the shift to clean energy is unstoppable.

By Umair Irfan
What Kamala Harris’s track record on climate makes clearWhat Kamala Harris’s track record on climate makes clear
Vox’s guide to Kamala Harris’s 2024 policies

Biden was the best climate president ever. Will she build on that legacy?

By Zoya Teirstein
The Vox guide to extreme heatThe Vox guide to extreme heat
Climate

Heat records will keep falling. Our guide on why it’s so hot, how to stay cool, and climate solutions.

By Gabriela Fernandez
Climate change is literally making our days longerClimate change is literally making our days longer
Climate

Well, we sure have made a mess of things.

By Damian Carrington
The lessons Houston didn’t learn from Hurricane HarveyThe lessons Houston didn’t learn from Hurricane Harvey
Climate

The city is no stranger to hurricanes and all sorts of extreme weather. So why is it struggling after Beryl?

By Umair Irfan
Storm chasing has changed — a lot — since TwisterStorm chasing has changed — a lot — since Twister
Culture

These days, anyone can follow a tornado, but you’ll want to leave that to the professionals.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Too hot to sleep? Tips for a good night’s rest, even in extreme summer heat.Too hot to sleep? Tips for a good night’s rest, even in extreme summer heat.
The Vox guide to extreme heat

Why you’re getting lousy sleep right now — and what to do about it.

By Allie Volpe
Why Hurricane Beryl was more than Houston could handleWhy Hurricane Beryl was more than Houston could handle
Climate

The factors fueling the storm’s strength — and the city’s widespread power outages — have been building for months.

By Umair Irfan
The US is failing renters during extreme heat wavesThe US is failing renters during extreme heat waves
Climate

Laws require landlords to provide heat. It’s not the same for AC.

By Li Zhou
How public universities hooked America on meat
Future Perfect

University scientists helped build factory farming. Now, some want to protect its “social license to operate.”

By Grace van Deelen
Heat is deadly. Why does our culture push us to ignore it?Heat is deadly. Why does our culture push us to ignore it?
The Vox guide to extreme heat

Our attitudes about enduring extreme heat have to evolve.

By Umair Irfan and Aja Romano
What American cities could do right now to save us from this unbearable heatWhat American cities could do right now to save us from this unbearable heat
The Vox guide to extreme heat

The solution is tall and green and leafy and grows all on its own.

By Benji Jones
Scientists want to bring back one of the ocean’s most unexpected predators
Down to Earth

The sunflower sea star is functionally extinct. It could be key to saving our kelp forests.

By Jennifer Adler
Stop setting your thermostat at 72Stop setting your thermostat at 72
The Vox guide to extreme heat

Let’s settle the heated debate over your AC, once and for all.

By Adam Clark Estes
The Caribbean has a defense system against deadly hurricanes — but it’s vanishingThe Caribbean has a defense system against deadly hurricanes — but it’s vanishing
Down to Earth

Hurricane Beryl and other superstorms would be much more dangerous without these iconic ocean animals.

By Benji Jones
Our most meaningful solutions to the climate crisis are hidden in plain sightOur most meaningful solutions to the climate crisis are hidden in plain sight
Climate

Introducing “Changing With Our Climate,” a new Vox series explaining Indigenous solutions to extreme weather.

By Paige Vega
What 6 degrees of warming means for a community built on ice
The Vox guide to extreme heat

Alaska is warming far faster than most of the world. For Indigenous people on the front lines, adaptation can be surprisingly simple.

By Joseph Lee
If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.
The Vox guide to extreme heat

The US doesn‘t have federal heat protections. A standard would save lives. As a heat dome suffocates much of the East, it‘s becoming more apparent that we need better standards in the face of climate change.

By Sam Delgado