Climate
Vox’s coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues
![Joe Biden’s enormous, contradictory, and fragile climate legacy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1793259269.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0048548402757547%2C100%2C99.990290319448&w=2400)
If elected, Trump could slow down Biden’s progress, but the shift to clean energy is unstoppable.
![Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/fertilitypackage-header-1920-1280.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/fertilitypackage-header-1920-1280.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
How climate change transforms our reproductive lives, from menstruation to fertility to pregnancy.
![What Kamala Harris’s track record on climate makes clear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159966599.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What Kamala Harris’s track record on climate makes clear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159966599.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Biden was the best climate president ever. Will she build on that legacy?
![The Vox guide to extreme heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24811648/Screen_Shot_2023_07_25_at_8.02.10_AM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.943711521548%2C0%2C56.112576956904%2C100&w=2400)
![The Vox guide to extreme heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24811648/Screen_Shot_2023_07_25_at_8.02.10_AM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.9155672823219%2C0%2C84.168865435356%2C100&w=2400)
Heat records will keep falling. Our guide on why it’s so hot, how to stay cool, and climate solutions.
The latest in Climate
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![Climate change is literally making our days longer](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1630149314.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Well, we sure have made a mess of things.
![The lessons Houston didn’t learn from Hurricane Harvey](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161768769.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.142857142857%2C0%2C65.714285714286%2C100&w=2400)
![The lessons Houston didn’t learn from Hurricane Harvey](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161768769.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.71428571428572%2C0%2C98.571428571429%2C100&w=2400)
The city is no stranger to hurricanes and all sorts of extreme weather. So why is it struggling after Beryl?
![Storm chasing has changed — a lot — since Twister](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/2571_D038_00042_0034R_COMP.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672046481601%2C0%2C66.655907036798%2C100&w=2400)
![Storm chasing has changed — a lot — since Twister](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/2571_D038_00042_0034R_COMP.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0080697224015509%2C0%2C99.983860555197%2C100&w=2400)
These days, anyone can follow a tornado, but you’ll want to leave that to the professionals
![Too hot to sleep? Tips for a good night’s rest, even in extreme summer heat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1222795783_49f385.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Too hot to sleep? Tips for a good night’s rest, even in extreme summer heat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1222795783_49f385.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Why you’re getting lousy sleep right now — and what to do about it.
![Why Hurricane Beryl was more than Houston could handle](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161703746.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.724356755509%2C0%2C66.551286488981%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Hurricane Beryl was more than Houston could handle](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161703746.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.086535133264107%2C0%2C99.826929733472%2C100&w=2400)
The factors fueling the storm’s strength — and the city’s widespread power outages — have been building for months.
![The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2157496725.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2157496725.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
Laws require landlords to provide heat. It’s not the same for AC.
![How public universities hooked America on meat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/JoeGough_Vox_LandGrant_Final.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.767447916667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
University scientists helped build factory farming. Now, some want to protect its “social license to operate.”
![Heat is deadly. Why does our culture push us to ignore it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161406131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.150125403081%2C0%2C67.699749193837%2C100&w=2400)
![Heat is deadly. Why does our culture push us to ignore it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161406131.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.76298844491487%2C100%2C98.47402311017&w=2400)
Our attitudes about enduring extreme heat have to evolve.
![What American cities could do right now to save us from this unbearable heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2157565374.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.509316770186%2C0%2C70.981366459627%2C100&w=2400)
![What American cities could do right now to save us from this unbearable heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2157565374.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.0393186325983%2C100%2C93.921362734803&w=2400)
The solution is tall and green and leafy and grows all on its own.
![Scientists want to bring back one of the ocean’s most unexpected predators](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/adler-8670.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.71328125%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
The sunflower sea star is functionally extinct. It could be key to saving our kelp forests.
![Stop setting your thermostat at 72](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-510630038.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.791044776119%2C0%2C66.417910447761%2C100&w=2400)
![Stop setting your thermostat at 72](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-510630038.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.1865671641791%2C0%2C99.626865671642%2C100&w=2400)
Let’s settle the heated debate over your AC, once and for all.
![The Caribbean has a defense system against deadly hurricanes — but it’s vanishing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/1000x1000.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
![The Caribbean has a defense system against deadly hurricanes — but it’s vanishing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/1000x1000.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C16.666666666667%2C100%2C66.666666666667&w=2400)
Hurricane Beryl and other superstorms would be much more dangerous without these iconic ocean animals.
![Our most meaningful solutions to the climate crisis are hidden in plain sight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2159617282.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669829222011%2C0%2C66.660341555977%2C100&w=2400)
![Our most meaningful solutions to the climate crisis are hidden in plain sight](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2159617282.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0047438330170806%2C0%2C99.990512333966%2C100&w=2400)
Introducing “Changing With Our Climate,” a new Vox series explaining Indigenous solutions to extreme weather.
![What 6 degrees of warming means for a community built on ice](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Vox_AlaskaHeat.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Alaska is warming far faster than most of the world. For Indigenous people on the front lines, adaptation can be surprisingly simple.
![If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1412316420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.646622569653%2C0%2C66.706754860694%2C100&w=2400)
![If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1412316420.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.03004807692308%2C100%2C99.939903846154&w=2400)
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.
![Hurricane Beryl is the terrifying storm that scientists have been expecting](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2160108793.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![Hurricane Beryl is the terrifying storm that scientists have been expecting](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2160108793.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
Beryl is now the earliest storm to reach Category 5 on record. It’s a terrifying preview of what the season could bring.
![Colorado wants to bring back the wolverine. There’s just one problem.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/VOX_Wolverine_MaryKirkpatrick.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.9486979166667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Should we help wild animals get to better habitats to survive?
![What we can learn from a sea creature orgy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/lede3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![What we can learn from a sea creature orgy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/lede3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
For millions of years, these animals have carried life on their backs — literally.
![Summertime sadness is real](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158632089.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Summertime sadness is real](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2158632089.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Seasonal depression can hit in warmer months, too. Here’s how to cope.
![Yes, you should prepare your kids for climate disasters](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-564951375.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.629296875%2C15.25859375%2C84.74140625%2C84.74140625&w=2400)
![Yes, you should prepare your kids for climate disasters](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-564951375.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C24.295963541667%2C100%2C66.666666666667&w=2400)
The catastrophic effects of climate change can happen anywhere. Here’s how to help your kids cope before, during, and after an emergency.
![The frogs of Puerto Rico have a warning for us](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/9I5A9446.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The frogs of Puerto Rico have a warning for us](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/9I5A9446.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Scientists are finally listening to the island’s iconic coquis — and they have a lot to say.
![Why this year’s Hajj was so deadly](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2157800659.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why this year’s Hajj was so deadly](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2157800659.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
More than 1,300 people died during the pilgrimage to Muslim’s holiest site — but it’s not just because of heat.
![The race to get ahead of the next tornado](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2069097950.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.883244042121%2C0%2C72.233511915758%2C100&w=2400)
![The race to get ahead of the next tornado](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-2069097950.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.8533674339301%2C100%2C92.29326513214&w=2400)
AI is being tested against one of the most dangerous natural disasters.
![This number can measure how dangerous a heat wave is for you](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1742272187.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.650390625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![This number can measure how dangerous a heat wave is for you](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-1742272187.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
What is the wet bulb temperature? And why is it so important?
![What’s a wild bat worth to you? This economist is asking.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/05_BenjiBats.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What’s a wild bat worth to you? This economist is asking.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/05_BenjiBats.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Nature is priceless — but quantifying its value could help save it.
![There’s a secret wildlife wonderland hidden in the US — and it’s in danger](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Lede_EDIT_M8A1177.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Countless rare animals lurk under the logs in the Appalachian Mountains.
![Who’s the father? For these baby animals, one doesn’t exist.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25441726/VartikaSharma_Vox.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
More animals can occasionally reproduce asexually than scientists realized.
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![Business owners are buying into a bogus myth about driving](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-528153665.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
NYC’s very good plan to fix traffic fell victim to a very bad argument. And it’s not just New York.
![The race to get ahead of one of the deadliest natural disasters](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25332741/GettyImages_2031349416.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![The race to get ahead of one of the deadliest natural disasters](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25332741/GettyImages_2031349416.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
Japan’s early-warning system shows a few extra seconds can save scores of lives.
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![The hottest place on Earth is cracking from the stress of extreme heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-173465655.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.3125%2C0%2C69.375%2C100&w=2400)
![The hottest place on Earth is cracking from the stress of extreme heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-173465655.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.951951951952%2C100%2C96.096096096096&w=2400)
If even Death Valley is in trouble, what does that mean for the rest of us?
![The surprisingly subtle recipe making heat waves worse](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24745203/GettyImages_1258647280.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.785234899329%2C0%2C64.429530201342%2C100&w=2400)
![The surprisingly subtle recipe making heat waves worse](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24745203/GettyImages_1258647280.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.6778523489933%2C0%2C96.644295302013%2C100&w=2400)
The anatomy of a heat wave, from “heat domes” to megadroughts.
![8 surprising reasons to stop hating cicadas and start worshipping them](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25442451/GettyImages_1232956804.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=2.5666666666667%2C0%2C66.755555555556%2C100&w=2400)
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Billions of these bugs are about to erupt from the Earth — and they rule.
![This changed everything](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/HudsonChristie_Vox_TurningPoints_static_e50056.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=11.510416666667%2C2.6367599493742%2C63.22109375%2C94.833122392537&w=2400)
![10 big things we think will happen in the next 10 years](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/08-Future.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.271875%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
![The last 10 years, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/06-BlurbsLede_d4d42b.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.961979166667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
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Scientists put sleep trackers on a bunch of wild pigs. The results reveal a troubling trend.
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