Climate Change

Returning prescribed fire to California forests is the focus of a new climate-adaptation plan from the Karuk Tribe, but the federal government will need to play big role.

New research finds that ocean warming has damaged some fisheries and benefited others, although the losers outweigh the winners. But there’s still some encouraging news.

Journalist Ian Urbina’s daring new book The Outlaw Ocean uncovers a dark world of exploitation on the high seas — a world that exists out of the public eye and beyond the rule of law.

Changes to regulations about critical habitat and consideration for economic interests threaten to upend more than 45 years of conservation success. But the worst may still be to come.

To keep pace with environmental loss, scientists working to restore tropical reefs have turned their attention to coral reproduction and increasing diversity.

While the Trump administration continued its anti-environmental policies, the planet experienced its hottest month in recorded history. But are the winds starting to shift?

More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife and nature.

New books this month tackle tough issues related to climate change, extinction, Indigenous sovereignty, ocean conservation and a whole lot more.

The Post Carbon Institute’s Jason Bradford writes that climate change and the end of cheap fossil fuels will increase the need for local food systems and revitalized rural economies.

To meet ambitious climate goals, L.A. needs more local water. A critical step is battling the ghosts of industry past — polluted groundwater that dates back to World War II.