Climate
Vox's coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues
Heat records will keep falling. Our guide on why it’s so hot, how to stay cool, and climate solutions.
How climate change transforms our reproductive lives, from menstruation to fertility to pregnancy.
Well, we sure have made a mess of things.
The city is no stranger to hurricanes and all sorts of extreme weather. So why is it struggling after Beryl?
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These days, anyone can follow a tornado, but you'll want to leave that to the professionals
Why you’re getting lousy sleep right now — and what to do about it.
The factors fueling the storm’s strength — and the city’s widespread power outages — have been building for months.
Laws require landlords to provide heat. It’s not the same for AC.
University scientists helped build factory farming. Now, some want to protect its “social license to operate.”
Our attitudes about enduring extreme heat have to evolve.
The solution is tall and green and leafy and grows all on its own.
The sunflower sea star is functionally extinct. It could be key to saving our kelp forests.
Let’s settle the heated debate over your AC, once and for all.
Hurricane Beryl and other superstorms would be much more dangerous without these iconic ocean animals.
Introducing “Changing With Our Climate,” a new Vox series explaining Indigenous solutions to extreme weather.
Alaska is warming far faster than most of the world. For Indigenous people on the front lines, adaptation can be surprisingly simple.
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.
Beryl is now the earliest storm to reach Category 5 on record. It’s a terrifying preview of what the season could bring.
Should we help wild animals get to better habitats to survive?
For millions of years, these animals have carried life on their backs — literally.
Seasonal depression can hit in warmer months, too. Here’s how to cope.
The catastrophic effects of climate change can happen anywhere. Here’s how to help your kids cope before, during, and after an emergency.
Scientists are finally listening to the island's iconic coquis — and they have a lot to say.
More than 1,300 people died during the pilgrimage to Muslim's holiest site — but it’s not just because of heat.
AI is being tested against one of the most dangerous natural disasters.
What is the wet bulb temperature? And why is it so important?
Nature is priceless — but quantifying its value could help save it.
Countless rare animals lurk under the logs in the Appalachian Mountains.
More animals can occasionally reproduce asexually than scientists realized.
NYC’s very good plan to fix traffic fell victim to a very bad argument. And it's not just New York.
Japan’s early-warning system shows a few extra seconds can save scores of lives.
If even Death Valley is in trouble, what does that mean for the rest of us?
The anatomy of a heat wave, from “heat domes” to megadroughts.
Billions of these bugs are about to erupt from the Earth — and they rule.
Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
Scientists put sleep trackers on a bunch of wild pigs. The results reveal a troubling trend.
Exposure to salty water can rob women of their reproductive organs and pregnancies.
Extreme heat is dangerous when you're pregnant — particularly for those in underrepresented communities.
How to protect mothers and babies as warming temperatures expand the risk of contracting the disease.
Climate disasters are threatening access to IVF and other forms of fertility treatment.
We’re in an era of compound natural disasters.