Climate

‘Historic Arctic outbreak’ crushes records in New England

By Matthew Cappucci, Joel Achenbach and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

Worried about having a gas stove? Here’s how to limit risks.

By Allyson Chiu

D.C. bill would offer incentives to switch from gas stoves to electric

By Fredrick Kunkle and Laura Vozzella

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‘They’ll just stand around and burp’: The cow dilemma in New Zealand

New Zealand – dubbed the Saudi Arabia of milk for its dominant role in global dairy trade – wants its farmers to pay a world-first levy on agricultural emissions by 2025 to help reduce agriculture's climate footprint.

By Rachel Pannett

Chile fights to contain wildfires that left at least 23 dead

By Ellen Francis and Naomi Schanen

The Colorado River drought crisis: How did this happen? Can it be fixed?

By Joshua Partlow

Introducing The Post’s expanded Climate coverage

By Sally Buzbee

Brazil sinks aircraft carrier carrying asbestos, other toxins

By Amanda Coletta

Essential insects in East Asia have declined massively, study finds

By Meaghan Tobin

We still use appliances like it’s 1970. There’s a better way.

By Michael J. Coren

Minerals are crucial for electric cars and wind turbines. Some worry whether we have enough.

By Shannon Osaka

Rich nations pledged to pay for climate damages. Where’s the money?

By Steven Mufson

The surprising reasons parts of Earth are warming more slowly

These relatively cool spots offer yet more examples of how humanity has damaged the planet.

By Scott Dance, Niko Kommenda and Simon Ducroquet

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One man’s lonely quest to save the world’s corals draws a following

After working in obscurity for decades, Anuar Abdullah is emerging as an increasingly influential, somewhat unlikely expert on how to revive the world's coral reefs.

Giving ‘Mother Nature a little bit of a boost’ on the Great Barrier Reef

By Frances Vinall and Michael Robinson Chavez

How the Inflation Reduction Act might affect you — and change the U.S.

By Jeff Stein, Maxine Joselow and Rachel Roubein

Six steps the world can take to halt climate change

By Sarah Kaplan and Brady Dennis

How a four-day workweek could be better for the climate

By Allyson Chiu

Concert tours can strain the environment. Here's how some artists are cutting carbon emissions.

By Ta'Leah Van Sistine

A look at how the electric vehicle revolution is going

8 ways renters can make their homes greener

By Rachel Fairbank

The unique ways Filipinos are protecting their homes against floods

By Regine Cabato, William Neff and Hannah Dormido

Politics and Policy

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Rich nations pledged to pay for climate damages. Where’s the money?

By Steven Mufson

The gas industry is under fire. It’s hiring Democratic politicians to help.

By Maxine Joselow

Biden team gives nod to huge Alaska oil project, setting up climate fight

By Timothy Puko

EPA may have dealt final ‘nail in the coffin’ to Alaska’s Pebble Mine

By Timothy Puko

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Extreme weather

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Punxsutawney Phil is wrong: Spring is arriving early in some places

The South typically experiences spring earlier than other regions, but even there, the season is 20 to 25 days early this year, one ecologist said.

By Kasha Patel and Scott Dance

Arctic air can be dangerous. Here’s what to know about frostbite.

By Amudalat Ajasa

For some, life after Ian is ‘more tragic than the hurricane itself’

By Brianna Sacks

Death toll in Buffalo blizzard rises; delayed emergency response cited

By Brianna Sacks

Earth’s temperature could near danger point with return of El Niño

Parts of Greenland now hotter than at any time in the past 1,000 years, scientists say

By Chris Mooney

Multiple agencies concur: ’22 was one of Earth’s hottest years

By Amudalat Ajasa and Naema Ahmed

A new climate reality: Less warming, but worse impacts on the planet

What is a Pineapple Express? California’s wild weather explained.

By Kelsey Ables and Matthew Cappucci

A ‘megaflood’ in California could drop 100 inches of rain, scientists warn

By Matthew Cappucci

More climate news

How much will heat waves intensify where you live? See the impact by Zip code.

By John Muyskens, Andrew Ba Tran, Anna Phillips, Simon Ducroquet and Naema Ahmed

How climate change is impacting communities all over the world

By Washington Post Staff

These U.S. locations saw the most extreme temperatures in the past decade

By Jacob Feuerstein

How deforestation is pushing the Amazon toward a tipping point

By Terrence McCoy

Greenland ice sheet set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds

By Chris Mooney

More than 40% of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021

By Sarah Kaplan and Andrew Ba Tran

Summer in America is becoming hotter, longer and more dangerous

By Anna Phillips, Brady Dennis, Jason Samenow, John Muyskens and Naema Ahmed

How climate change is making parts of the world too hot and humid to survive

By Ruby Mellen and William Neff

Forest fires burn twice as many trees as two decades ago, report finds

By Zach Rosenthal

This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500?

By Juliet Eilperin

A crucial Antarctic ice shelf could fail within five years, scientists say

By Sarah Kaplan

How a Supreme Court ruling limits the EPA’s power to combat climate change

By Robert Barnes and Dino Grandoni

Climate change fuels a water rights conflict built on over a century of broken promises

By N. Kirkpatrick, Laris Karklis, James Cornsilk, Mason Trinca and Alice Li

How global climate targets are decided and what they actually mean

By Adam Taylor and Harry Stevens

Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster in summer 2021

By Sarah Kaplan and Andrew Ba Tran

A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change, study finds

By Sarah Kaplan