Climate Change

The month’s best and worst environmental news, plus other stories, science and context you don’t want to miss.

The Global South and communities of color in Global North countries disproportionately face harms from climate change, writes Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate in her new book, A Bigger Picture.

Warming temperatures, stronger storms and rising seas present a cascade of challenges that researchers are racing to understand.

Investors, foundations, universities and governments pulled their assets from fossil fuel companies in record numbers in October.

The slow-moving coup threatens not just democracy but meaningful action on climate, extinction and environmental justice.

A climb in the Cascades to hear the voices of American pikas living at the edge of crisis.

Whether you’re into literary fiction, thrillers, sci-fi or comics, these new novels help us explore the complex geographies of climate change, pollution and the extinction crisis.

Warming temperatures are transforming northern peatlands — with potentially dire consequences for biodiversity and the climate.

A new legal theory proposes granting property rights to wildlife to protect them from habitat destruction.

Erica Cirino’s new book, Thicker Than Water, examines the plastic pollution crisis — and its solutions — from oilfield to landfill.