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The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...
The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...
The Trump administration is about to tear down a load-bearing ruling that considers climate change as a threat to Americans’ health. Today, the...
Wildfires have consumed thousands of buildings, killed dozens of people, and smothered millions in choking smoke in recent years. Blazes like the Los...
The world is hungrier than ever for energy. Demand for heating, cooling, lighting, computing power, and just getting around is rising. In...
The world is hungrier than ever for energy. Demand for heating, cooling, lighting, computing power, and just getting around is rising. In...
A lot of us might assume that most homes that are destroyed by wildfires were in obvious, high fire-risk areas, like on the edge of forests that...
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Already, a bitter burst of cold is...
Already, a bitter burst of cold is gripping much of the country, and in the next few days, it will reach at least 45 states and extend across...
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency...
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up...
The Associated Press this week reported a stunning fact: Of the 13,000 homes destroyed a year ago in the extraordinary wildfires in and around Los...
One of the biggest changes so far during President Donald Trump’s second term has been the steady degradation of basic data collection. In some...
For the last decade, global climate politics have revolved around a single number: 1.5 degrees Celsius. The idea was that keeping the planet below...
Earlier this month, the real-estate listing site Zillow ended a subtle social experiment. In 2024, they began to embed climate risk data directly in...
What could you do with energy that’s cheap, clean, and near unlimited? You could live in a home built to your precise needs that stays cozy and cool...
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As President Donald Trump sees it,...
You’ve probably noticed that Democrats are talking a lot less about climate change. But connecting clean energy to household bills proved to be a...
As President Donald Trump sees it, environmental regulations that attempt to improve efficiency and address climate change only make products more...
Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes in history, made landfall in Jamaica yesterday with winds at 185 miles per hour, putting it firmly...
Your electricity bill is rising. Naturally, you’re mad about it and looking around at who to blame. But it’s not a who, it’s a what — and the...
The modern age of burning has been ignited by human hands. Though wildfires are natural and necessary in many ecosystems, their expanding path of...
Like most Americans this month, your most recent power bill may have given you a shock. Residential electricity rates have risen fast across the US...
Even though a major hurricane has yet to make landfall this season, 2025 has been a year of devastating floods. Thousands of flash floods across the...
This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under a microscope, a mosquito can look...
Austin, Texas — Under a microscope, a mosquito can look stunning. Their blue-green iridescent scales, purple bands, and attractive spotted wings...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — How do you capture the deadliest animal on Earth, one that has been responsible for the death of more people than any other...
There are more than 200 species of mosquitoes in the United States, but only a handful are known to be dangerous to humans because of the diseases...
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for electric vehicles and is slamming the brakes on government incentives to get them into...
This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The peak of the hurricane season...
The peak of the hurricane season is upon us and forecasters are still anticipating higher than normal levels of activity, despite a relatively calm...
This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Americans are paying more for...
Americans are paying more for electricity, and those prices are set to rise even further. In almost all parts of the country, the amount people pay...
This story was originally published by Vox.com, and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the wake of the...
In the wake of the record-breaking wildfires in Los Angeles in January — some of the most expensive and destructive blazes in history — one of the...
At least 90 people have died in central Texas in extraordinary floods, the deadliest in the Lone Star State since Hurricane Harvey killed 89 people. A...
The first solar cell ever made was built in the United States. Tesla, based in the US, was once the largest EV manufacturer in the world. The lithium...
Oropouche virus disease was a relatively rare illness for decades, lurking on the margins of tropical rainforests in the Caribbean and South...
Summer has officially begun with a blast of scorching temperatures across much of the United States. The National Weather Service is warning of...
This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Globally, humanity is producing...
Globally, humanity is producing more food than ever, but that harvest is concentrated in just a handful of breadbaskets. More than one-third of the...
Odorless and colorless, methane is a gas that is easy to miss — but it’s one of the most important contributors to global warming. It can trap up...
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump — two of the most powerful, outspoken billionaires in America — are still tangled up in a messy breakup over...
Smoke from wildfires in Canada is once again shrouding parts of the United States — cities like Chicago and Milwaukee — with unhealthy air,...
The world is hungry for more stuff: televisions, phones, motors, container ships, solar panels, satellites. That means the stuff required to make...
This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China is the world’s largest...
China is the world’s largest single greenhouse gas emitter, spewing more than double the amount of heat-trapping chemicals as the next biggest...
This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Did you check the weather...
Did you check the weather forecast today? Whether it was on your phone, the five-day outlook in your newspaper, or your friendly TV meteorologist,...