Sarah KaplanSarah Kaplan is a climate reporter covering humanity's response to a warming world. She previously reported on Earth science and the universe. https://www.washingtonpost.comThu, 13 Jul 2023 04:15:02 +00001hourly1Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brinkhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/12/climate-change-flooding-heat-wave-continue/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/12/climate-change-flooding-heat-wave-continue/Sarah KaplanWed, 12 Jul 2023 23:49:41 +0000Massive floods. Record heat. Extreme ocean temperatures. Forest fires burning out of control. Climate alarm bells are ringing all over the planet.Earth may be starting a new geological chapter. What is the Anthropocene?https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/12/anthropocene-epoch-meaning-crawford-lake/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/12/anthropocene-epoch-meaning-crawford-lake/Andrew Jeong, Sarah KaplanWed, 12 Jul 2023 18:15:30 +0000Sediments at Crawford Lake in Ontario represent the impact human pollution has had on the environment since the mid-20th century, a group of scientists says.Crawford Lake shows humans started a new chapter in geologic time, scientists sayhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/11/anthropocene-begins-canada-crawford-lake/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/11/anthropocene-begins-canada-crawford-lake/Sarah KaplanTue, 11 Jul 2023 19:09:09 +0000Scientists say Crawford Lake holds the best evidence for humanity’s overwhelming impact on the Earth -- and should be the 'golden spike' for a new geologic epoch.Hidden beneath the surfacehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/anthropocene-geologic-time-crawford-lake/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/anthropocene-geologic-time-crawford-lake/Sarah Kaplan, Simon Ducroquet, Bonnie Jo Mount, Frank Hulley-Jones, Emily WrightTue, 20 Jun 2023 11:30:43 +0000Canada's Crawford Lake may hold evidence that humans have fundamentally changed Earth enough to have started the Anthropocene, a new chapter in geologic time.This glacier was a tourist destination. Now it offers a warning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/05/06/peru-dying-glacier-tourism/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/05/06/peru-dying-glacier-tourism/Sarah KaplanSat, 06 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000Peru’s “Route of Climate Change” takes visitors to a melting glacier — and aims to teach them along the way.Climate change caused catastrophic East Africa drought, scientists say https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/27/climate-change-drought-east-africa/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/27/climate-change-drought-east-africa/Sarah KaplanThu, 27 Apr 2023 19:31:41 +0000A new analysis of the region's worst drought in 40 years said the crisis would not have happened in a cooler world.World is on brink of catastrophic warming, U.N. climate change report sayshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/20/climate-change-ipcc-report-15/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/20/climate-change-ipcc-report-15/Sarah KaplanMon, 20 Mar 2023 21:33:33 +0000In a new IPCC climate change report, scientists said the world is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold within the next 10 years.Scientists tangle over ‘wood wide web’ connecting forests and fungihttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/14/trees-fungi-share-messages-resources/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/14/trees-fungi-share-messages-resources/Sarah KaplanTue, 14 Feb 2023 20:17:39 +0000Are trees using fungi to share resources and send messages? A new critique of hundreds of published studies says it's still up for debate.Drought may have doomed this ancient empire — a warning for today’s climate crisishttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/08/climate-change-drought-history/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/08/climate-change-drought-history/Sarah KaplanWed, 08 Feb 2023 16:00:50 +0000As the world confronts escalating climate disasters, archaeologists say ancient history can reveal what it takes to survive.California’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too much https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanMon, 16 Jan 2023 19:16:55 +0000California’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too much https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanSat, 14 Jan 2023 17:32:59 +0000California’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too muchhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/10/california-climate-atmospheric-rivers-drought/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/10/california-climate-atmospheric-rivers-drought/Sarah KaplanTue, 10 Jan 2023 23:19:52 +0000Even as rising global temperatures make California drier, hotter and more fire-prone, they will also increase the likelihood of sudden and severe rainfall.Great Salt Lake on track to disappear in five years, scientists warnhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/06/great-salt-lake-utah-drying-up/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/06/great-salt-lake-utah-drying-up/Sarah Kaplan, Brady DennisSat, 07 Jan 2023 00:22:33 +0000Unsustainable water use is pushing the lake toward collapse, researchers say, imperiling ecosystems and exposing millions of people to toxic dust from the dry lakebed. California is being inundated with rain. Will it ease the drought?https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/05/california-drought-rain-storm/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/05/california-drought-rain-storm/Sarah Kaplan, Reis ThebaultFri, 06 Jan 2023 02:36:30 +0000Scientists say climate change has amplified California’s intense climate — making the dry spells drier and the wet periods wetter, without either season fully counteracting the other’s effects.With forests in peril, she’s on a mission to save ‘mother trees’https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/suzanne-simard-mother-trees-climate/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/suzanne-simard-mother-trees-climate/Sarah KaplanTue, 27 Dec 2022 11:30:00 +0000Suzanne Simard helped people see forests as complex communities. Now she's translating that research into a roadmap for protecting trees amid climate change.At least 28 dead in Buffalo’s worst blizzard in 50 yearshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/12/26/buffalo-blizzard-deaths/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/12/26/buffalo-blizzard-deaths/Sarah KaplanTue, 27 Dec 2022 04:27:54 +0000Roads remain impassable around Buffalo as the unrelenting storm is forecast to drop as much as a foot of additional snow.A deadly wildfire traumatized their town. Can nature help them heal?https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/08/paradise-forest-therapy-climate-wildfire/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/08/paradise-forest-therapy-climate-wildfire/Sarah KaplanFri, 09 Dec 2022 11:00:00 +0000A California forest therapy program is testing whether landscapes ravaged by rising temperatures can help ease the anguish that climate change will bring.COP27 leaves world on dangerous warming path despite historic climate fundhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/20/cop27-climate-conference-deal-fund/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/20/cop27-climate-conference-deal-fund/Sarah KaplanSun, 20 Nov 2022 16:20:43 +0000The final decision of the U.N. Climate Conference in Egypt made little progress on emissions-cutting measures that could avert worse disasters to come.U.N. negotiators reach deal to help vulnerable nations with climate disastershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/19/cop27-climate-conference-summit-deal/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/19/cop27-climate-conference-summit-deal/Evan Halper, Timothy Puko, Sarah KaplanSun, 20 Nov 2022 08:34:07 +0000The global climate conference in Egypt is close to an agreement on a fund sought by developing countries, with many details still to be worked out. COP27 highlights: In historic move, nations agree to pay to help vulnerable countries with climate disastershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/19/cop27-climate-conference-egypt-updates/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/19/cop27-climate-conference-egypt-updates/Sarah Kaplan, Evan Halper, Timothy Puko, Brady Dennis, Michael BirnbaumSun, 20 Nov 2022 06:39:00 +0000All the latest updates from COP27 in Egypt, the United Nations climate change conference in its final hours. Push for big emissions cuts at COP27 seems to fall apart https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comTimothy Puko, Sarah KaplanSun, 20 Nov 2022 04:14:42 +0000Nations agree to historic fund for climate harms https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanSun, 20 Nov 2022 02:38:52 +0000U.S. calls for fossil fuel phaseout https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah Kaplan, Timothy PukoSat, 19 Nov 2022 20:05:37 +0000Nations poised to agree on historic fund for climate harmshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah Kaplan, Timothy PukoSat, 19 Nov 2022 18:52:10 +0000Fund would focus on vulnerable countries, open door to new donors https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanSat, 19 Nov 2022 18:46:59 +0000Why some countries worry the COP27 deal is weak on emissions cutshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanSat, 19 Nov 2022 15:54:37 +0000Egypt offers possible compromise on climate payments at COP27 https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanSat, 19 Nov 2022 14:46:41 +0000Draft proposal from Egypt reiterates, but doesn’t advance, climate goalshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanSat, 19 Nov 2022 13:30:53 +0000As COP27 nears deadline, Europe makes ‘final offer’ for climate dealhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/18/cop27-climate-pledges-conference/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/18/cop27-climate-pledges-conference/Sarah Kaplan, Timothy Puko, Lily Kuo, Evan HalperFri, 18 Nov 2022 23:08:11 +0000The European Union has proposed tying disaster funding to emissions reductions, but China and the U.S. are resisting elements of the deal. Climate talks hit ‘breakdown’ over finance, fossil fuels as time dwindles https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/17/climate-change-cop27-egypt/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/17/climate-change-cop27-egypt/Sarah Kaplan, Evan Halper, Timothy PukoFri, 18 Nov 2022 00:23:06 +0000With time running out for nations to agree on a road map for tackling climate change, the fate of U.N. climate talks in Egypt appeared in jeopardy Thursday as rich and poor nations continued to disagree on an array of issues.‘Brazil is back’: At COP27, Lula vows to be a global climate leaderhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/16/brazil-lula-climate-amazon-cop27/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/16/brazil-lula-climate-amazon-cop27/Michael Birnbaum, Sarah KaplanWed, 16 Nov 2022 21:58:54 +0000Brazil's president-elect vowed to reverse deforestation, raising hopes that Brazil could soon push other wavering nations into more ambitious climate action.Biden allies push for ambitious climate action at 2 global gatheringshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/16/climate-change-cop27-egypt/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/16/climate-change-cop27-egypt/Sarah Kaplan, Timothy Puko, Brady DennisWed, 16 Nov 2022 19:51:10 +0000Delegates at the U.N. climate change summit in Egypt are struggling over several issues, including funding for developing countries harmed by climate impacts. ‘Everyone has to act,’ Biden tells COP27, as developing nations slam U.S. https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comMatt Viser, Timothy Puko, Sarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 19:42:14 +0000COP27 highlights: Biden says U.S. will ‘do our part to avert’ a ‘climate hell’ during address in Egypthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/11/cop27-live-updates-biden-egypt/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/11/cop27-live-updates-biden-egypt/Sarah Kaplan, Brady Dennis, Allyson Chiu, Siobhán O'Grady, Matt ViserFri, 11 Nov 2022 19:42:14 +0000The first week of COP27, the United Nations climate conference, is underway in Egypt. President Biden is attending events with other world leaders.‘Everyone has to act,’ Biden tells COP27, as developing nations slam U.S.https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/11/biden-climate-change-egypt-summit/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/11/biden-climate-change-egypt-summit/Matt Viser, Timothy Puko, Sarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 18:51:58 +0000The president has rolled out several U.S. initiatives to reduce emissions, but developing nations say he's not doing enough.Some from climate-vulnerable nations disappointed in Biden’s speechhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 18:19:45 +0000World has nine years to avert catastrophic warming, study showshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/11/cop27-egypt-carbon-budget-gas-projects/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/11/cop27-egypt-carbon-budget-gas-projects/Sarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 17:57:12 +0000As nations meet at COP27 in Egypt, studies show the world on track exhaust its carbon budget in nine years -- and new gas projects could accelerate that trend.Indigenous protesters hoist banner during Biden speech, lose conference badgeshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 17:56:13 +0000Buoyed by midterms, Biden pledges U.S. will ‘do our part’ on climate changehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Wagner, Sarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 16:04:25 +0000All day, U.S. officials here in Egypt have...https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 15:52:16 +0000It’s quiet outside the hall where President Biden...https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 15:20:12 +0000Protest leader: ‘The U.S. has no sympathy, has no empathy’https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 14:13:39 +0000Protesters’ blue clothing simulates ‘flood’ in Pakistan, elsewherehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 14:01:52 +0000Climate activists protest: ‘No more blah, blah, blah!’https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 13:53:37 +0000Lead negotiator for developing countries endorses fossil fuel taxhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 13:39:50 +0000Democratic senators say greatest climate fear is threats to democracyhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 11:55:56 +0000As wealthy nations take heat for warming planet, coalition unveils lofty planhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSteven Mufson, Evan Halper, Timothy Puko, Sarah KaplanFri, 11 Nov 2022 11:50:38 +0000EPA to regulate methane leaks from oil and gas to fight climate changehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environmnet/2022/11/11/methane-regulation-epa-cop27-egypt/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environmnet/2022/11/11/methane-regulation-epa-cop27-egypt/Sarah Kaplan, Dino GrandoniFri, 11 Nov 2022 11:23:33 +0000The new regulation comes as U.S. leaders arrive at the climate change conference in Egypt in a bid to the country's commitment to tackling climate change.As wealthy nations take heat for warming planet, coalition unveils lofty plan https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/09/cop27-coalition-aims-tap-private-funds-energy-transition/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/09/cop27-coalition-aims-tap-private-funds-energy-transition/Steven Mufson, Evan Halper, Timothy Puko, Sarah KaplanWed, 09 Nov 2022 14:52:20 +0000White House climate envoy John F. Kerry has teamed with partners to secure private money to help in the energy transition of developing countries.Climate talks in Egypt overshadowed by shouting matches over human rightshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/08/egypt-cop27-alaa-hunger-strike/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/08/egypt-cop27-alaa-hunger-strike/Siobhán O'Grady, Sarah KaplanTue, 08 Nov 2022 20:26:58 +0000Egypt's efforts to suppress political dissent has distracted from the broader climate debate at the annual U.N. climate negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh.U.N. climate talks off to tense start as nations feud over damage https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/07/un-climate-conference-damages/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/07/un-climate-conference-damages/Michael Birnbaum, Allyson Chiu, Sarah KaplanTue, 08 Nov 2022 00:08:02 +0000Leaders demanded at U.N. climate talks, or COP27, that wealthy nations spend vastly more to help vulnerable populations adjust to a warming planet.Protest restrictions force young activists to rethink strategyhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanMon, 07 Nov 2022 19:33:22 +0000COP27 highlights: U.N. chief calls for global climate pact, warning of ‘highway to climate hell’https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/07/cop27-egypt-climate-conference-live-updates/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/07/cop27-egypt-climate-conference-live-updates/Allyson Chiu, Sarah Kaplan, Siobhán O'Grady, Michael BirnbaumMon, 07 Nov 2022 19:33:22 +0000“Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish,” U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said. “It is either a climate solidarity pact — or a collective suicide pact.” Last year, you could barely walk 10 blocks...https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanMon, 07 Nov 2022 15:50:27 +0000The differences between last year’s conference in Glasgow...https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanMon, 07 Nov 2022 15:27:11 +0000'A duty to help’: U.N. chief speaks alongside Pakistani PM, calling for support to address ‘loss and damage’ https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanMon, 07 Nov 2022 14:56:27 +0000A climate change report card for the worldhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/07/cop27-climate-pledges-methane-deforestation/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/07/cop27-climate-pledges-methane-deforestation/Sarah KaplanMon, 07 Nov 2022 13:17:56 +0000As leaders head to Egypt for the U.N. Climate Change Conference, The Post worked with experts to craft a climate change report card for the world.At COP27, flood-battered Pakistan leads push to make polluting countries pay https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah Kaplan, Susannah GeorgeMon, 07 Nov 2022 12:34:09 +0000At COP27, flood-battered Pakistan leads push to make polluting countries payhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/05/cop27-summit-egypt-climate-change/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/05/cop27-summit-egypt-climate-change/Sarah Kaplan, Susannah GeorgeSat, 05 Nov 2022 13:00:59 +0000Developing nations have long sought compensation for climate harms. Now, the cost of global warming may be growing too great for rich countries to ignore. Lula vowed to safeguard the Amazon. After Bolsonaro, it won’t be easy.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/31/lula-brazil-amazon/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/31/lula-brazil-amazon/Paulina Villegas, Sarah KaplanMon, 31 Oct 2022 22:53:21 +0000If Luis Inácio Lula da Silva keeps his campaign promises to safeguard the Amazon rainforest, Brazil could have a major impact on the global fight against climate change.World falls ‘pitifully short’ of meeting climate goals, U.N. report sayshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/27/emissions-climate-change-temperature-rise/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/27/emissions-climate-change-temperature-rise/Sarah KaplanThu, 27 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000An analysis by United Nations scientists shows current emissions-cutting commitments put the world on track for a devastating 2.4 degrees of temperature rise.Climate-warming methane emissions rising faster than ever, study sayshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/26/united-nations-climate-pledges-report/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/26/united-nations-climate-pledges-report/Steven Mufson, Sarah KaplanWed, 26 Oct 2022 18:31:58 +0000Methane emissions are rising faster than ever, a study shows, as a new U.N. report also released Wednesday says countries are "nowhere near" emissions cuts needed to avoid a climate disaster.Denmark becomes first U.N. member to pay for ‘loss and damage’ from climate changehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/20/denmark-climate-change-un-general-assembly/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/20/denmark-climate-change-un-general-assembly/Sarah KaplanTue, 20 Sep 2022 22:23:42 +0000Denmark announced at the U.N. General Assembly that it will direct $13 million to vulnerable countries that have suffered “loss and damage” from climate change. Europe just had its hottest summer on recordhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/08/europe-record-hot-summer-extreme-heat/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/08/europe-record-hot-summer-extreme-heat/Sarah KaplanThu, 08 Sep 2022 22:25:33 +0000Amid record heat and extraordinarily dry conditions, Europe notched its hottest summer in recorded history, according to the Copernicus weather service.Jackson, Miss., shows how extreme weather can trigger a clean-water crisishttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/31/jackson-water-crisis-mississippi-floods/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/31/jackson-water-crisis-mississippi-floods/Brady Dennis, Sarah KaplanWed, 31 Aug 2022 21:29:52 +0000This week's water crisis in Jackson, Miss., portends what could happen in other U.S. communities, as climate change pushes under-resourced and overburdened water systems to the brink.A melting glacier, an imperiled city and one farmer’s fight for climate justicehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2022/peru-climate-lawsuit-melting-glacier/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2022/peru-climate-lawsuit-melting-glacier/Sarah KaplanSun, 28 Aug 2022 13:00:58 +0000A Peruvian farmer is suing one of Europe’s biggest emitters. The case could set a precedent for holding polluters accountable for harm to the planet.Surrounded by fossil fuels, they fear climate bill leaves them behindhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/27/climate-permitting-sacrifice-zone/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/27/climate-permitting-sacrifice-zone/Sarah KaplanSat, 27 Aug 2022 11:00:00 +0000In Port Arthur, Tex., and around the country, environmental justice activists see danger as the new climate law pairs renewable development with fossil fuels.What it’s like to toil in India’s dangerous, unrelenting heathttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/india-extreme-heat-climate-change/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/india-extreme-heat-climate-change/Gerry Shih, Sarah Kaplan, Ruby Mellen, Anu NarayanswamyThu, 25 Aug 2022 11:30:10 +0000Half of India’s workforce labors outdoors, with little relief from high temperatures.As many as one in six U.S. tree species is threatened with extinctionhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/23/extinct-tree-species-sequoias/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/23/extinct-tree-species-sequoias/Sarah KaplanTue, 23 Aug 2022 12:00:48 +0000Climate change is supercharging tree diseases as invasive species ravage American forests.Climate change’s impact intensifies as U.S. prepares to take actionhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/11/climate-changes-impact-intensifies-us-is-poised-pass-major-bill/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/11/climate-changes-impact-intensifies-us-is-poised-pass-major-bill/Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis, Sarah KaplanThu, 11 Aug 2022 15:00:39 +0000The Arctic is warming at a much faster rate than many scientists had expected, one of several recent indicators providing evidence of climate change's intensifying impact on the planet. A victory at whose expense? Climate activists grapple with political compromise.https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/10/victory-whose-expense-climate-activists-grapple-with-political-compromise/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/10/victory-whose-expense-climate-activists-grapple-with-political-compromise/Sarah KaplanWed, 10 Aug 2022 10:00:17 +0000The climate movement is on the brink of its biggest legislative success. But tensions within the movement have also emerged in recent days as activists grapple with the challenge of figuring out what comes next.Climate deal is a ‘baby step,’ but world needs bigger action, diplomats sayhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/29/international-activists-diplomats-react-climate-bill/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/29/international-activists-diplomats-react-climate-bill/Michael Birnbaum, Sarah KaplanFri, 29 Jul 2022 21:38:54 +0000Even as Democrats work to deliver a major climate spending package, the absence of cash to support climate efforts outside U.S. borders has some international policymakers and activists frustrated.Scientists rush to save 1,000-year-old trees on the brink of deathhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/14/these-trees-have-survived-1000-years-can-they-survive-climate-change/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/14/these-trees-have-survived-1000-years-can-they-survive-climate-change/Sarah KaplanFri, 15 Jul 2022 17:20:05 +0000Climate disasters collide with Ukraine war to deepen hunger crisishttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanMon, 13 Jun 2022 15:55:26 +000049 million people face famine as Ukraine war, climate disasters intensifyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/13/climate-disasters-collide-with-ukraine-war-deepen-hunger-crisis/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/13/climate-disasters-collide-with-ukraine-war-deepen-hunger-crisis/Sarah KaplanMon, 13 Jun 2022 10:00:57 +0000While the Ukraine war and the pandemic might fade with time, experts say, climate change has become a persistent threat to food security, making it more difficult to respond to unforeseen shocks.How to stay cool during a heat wave in a home without air conditioning — and when to leavehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/16/how-to-keep-cool-without-ac/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/16/how-to-keep-cool-without-ac/Allyson Chiu, Sarah KaplanFri, 10 Jun 2022 18:51:04 +0000With another heat wave expected, here are tips for how to stay cool in your home if you don’t have air conditioning, and when to know that it isn’t safe anymore.Ocean animals face a mass extinction from climate change, study findshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/28/mass-marine-extinction-event-science/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/28/mass-marine-extinction-event-science/Sarah KaplanThu, 28 Apr 2022 18:11:03 +0000Rising temperatures and dwindling oxygen levels are decimating marine species. But humanity can avert mass die-offs by curbing fossil fuel use and other planet-warming activities.‘Is it really reversible?’ Your climate change questions, answered.https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/22/questions-climate-change-answers/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/22/questions-climate-change-answers/Brady Dennis, Sarah KaplanFri, 22 Apr 2022 17:00:54 +0000The Post's Brady Dennis and Sarah Kaplan will answer your questions on Friday at 1 p.m. ET.Climate pledges are improving — but still leave world on a disastrous pathhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/12/climate-change-pledges-emissions/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/12/climate-change-pledges-emissions/Brady Dennis, Sarah KaplanTue, 12 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000‘The real work has to start,’ says the co-author of a new study that analyzes the promises nations have made to cut greenhouse gas emissions.The world is running out of options to hit climate goals, U.N. report showshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/04/climate-change-report-united-nations-ipcc/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/04/04/climate-change-report-united-nations-ipcc/Sarah Kaplan, Brady DennisMon, 04 Apr 2022 16:48:13 +0000With the world on track to blaze past its climate goals, only immediate, sweeping societal transformation can stave off catastrophic warming.Six steps the world can take to halt climate changehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/04/04/ipcc-climate-change-solutions/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/04/04/ipcc-climate-change-solutions/Sarah Kaplan, Brady DennisMon, 04 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000The U.N.'s latest climate change report details the massive shifts necessary to cut the world’s emissions. But it also outlines various ways that can help hit the brakes on the planet’s warming.Europe wants to cut Russian energy. Climate policies can help.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah Kaplan, Naema Ahmed, Anna Phillips, Andrew Van Dam, John MuyskensFri, 25 Mar 2022 08:10:08 +0000Europe wants to cut Russian energy. Climate policies can help. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/europe-ban-russian-oil-gas-climate/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2022/europe-ban-russian-oil-gas-climate/Sarah Kaplan, Naema Ahmed, Anna Phillips, Andrew Van Dam, John MuyskensThu, 24 Mar 2022 16:35:04 +0000As European leaders scramble to find alternatives to imported Russian oil and gas, the question is whether this moment will mark a turning point in the fight against global warming — or just a change in fossil fuel suppliers.Satellite images show the Amazon rainforest is hurtling toward a ‘tipping point’https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/03/07/amazon-rainforest-tipping-point-climate/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/03/07/amazon-rainforest-tipping-point-climate/Sarah KaplanMon, 07 Mar 2022 21:25:48 +0000Satellite observations show the Amazon rainforest is nearing a tipping point where it could shift into a grassland, which could fuel climate change and imperil biodiversity, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.How much time do we have to cut carbon emissions? Your questions, answered.https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/28/questions-climate-report-ipcc/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/28/questions-climate-report-ipcc/Brady Dennis, Sarah KaplanMon, 28 Feb 2022 21:30:19 +0000Post reporters Brady Dennis and Sarah Kaplan will answer your questions on Monday at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.Postcards from Earth’s climate futureshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2022/united-nations-ipcc-climate-change-postcards/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2022/united-nations-ipcc-climate-change-postcards/Aaron Steckelberg, Sarah Kaplan, Brady Dennis, Yutao ChenMon, 28 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000Drawing on the IPCC findings and analysis from outside experts, The Washington Post envisioned how three places could be transformed depending on humanity's emissions trajectory.Humanity has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to avoid a hotter, deadly future, U.N. climate report sayshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/28/ipcc-united-nations-climate-change-adaptation/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/28/ipcc-united-nations-climate-change-adaptation/Sarah Kaplan, Brady DennisMon, 28 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000The latest United Nations IPCC report details the escalating toll of climate change — but top scientists say the world still can choose a less catastrophic path.5 takeaways from the latest United Nations climate change reporthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/28/ipcc-united-nations-climate-change-takeaways/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/28/ipcc-united-nations-climate-change-takeaways/Brady Dennis, Sarah KaplanMon, 28 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000The latest IPCC report is a warning letter to the world. Here’s what you need to know from the more than 2,000-page document.Russian climate delegate apologizes on Ukraine, saying many ’fail to find any justification for the attack'https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/27/ipcc-russian-apologizes-ukraine-climate/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/27/ipcc-russian-apologizes-ukraine-climate/Sarah KaplanSun, 27 Feb 2022 22:42:00 +0000The comments by Oleg Anisimov, a scientist at the state hydrological institute, mark a rare public rebuke of the Russian invasion by a government official.Russian climate delegate apologizes on Ukraine, saying many ‘fail to find any justification for the attackhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanSun, 27 Feb 2022 16:12:30 +0000Sea level to rise one foot along U.S. coastlines by 2050, government report findshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/15/sea-level-rise-2050-climate/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/15/sea-level-rise-2050-climate/Sarah Kaplan, Brady DennisTue, 15 Feb 2022 20:38:15 +0000Sea levels along the United States' shorelines will increase as much by 2050 as they did over the past century, according to a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.The past seven years have been the hottest in recorded history, new data showshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/13/global-temperature-record-climate-change/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/13/global-temperature-record-climate-change/Sarah Kaplan, John MuyskensThu, 13 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0000Global temperatures in 2021 were among the highest ever observed, with 25 countries setting new annual records.More than 40 percent of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/05/climate-disasters-2021-fires/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/05/climate-disasters-2021-fires/Sarah Kaplan, Andrew TranThu, 06 Jan 2022 02:11:56 +0000Without dramatic action to curb carbon emissions and adapt to unavoidable change, experts say the damage wrought by rising temperatures will only get worse.2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead.https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/17/climate-change-extreme-weather-future/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/17/climate-change-extreme-weather-future/Sarah Kaplan, Brady DennisFri, 17 Dec 2021 18:18:04 +0000Studies presented at the world’s largest climate science conference offered an unsettling message: Climate change is fundamentally altering what kind of weather is possible.Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in perilhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/14/climate-change-arctic-antarctic-poles/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/14/climate-change-arctic-antarctic-poles/Sarah KaplanTue, 14 Dec 2021 20:06:11 +0000New research shows how rising temperatures have irreversibly altered both the Arctic and Antarctic. Ripple effects will be felt around the globe.Crucial Antarctic ice shelf could fail within five years, scientists sayhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/13/thwaites-glacier-melt-antarctica/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/13/thwaites-glacier-melt-antarctica/Sarah KaplanMon, 13 Dec 2021 19:49:55 +0000Scientists fear the collapse of this important buttress against sea level rise would unleash the fast-moving glacier behind itIs ‘hacking’ the ocean a climate change solution? U.S. experts endorse research on carbon-removal strategies.https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/12/08/climate-change-ocean-carbon-storage/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/12/08/climate-change-ocean-carbon-storage/Sarah KaplanWed, 08 Dec 2021 16:07:20 +0000Fertilizing seawater and electrifying waves are among potential strategies for storing carbon in the ocean, scientists say.Oil and gas companies should pay more to drill on public lands and waters, Interior Department sayshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/26/biden-oil-gas-drill-public-lands/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/26/biden-oil-gas-drill-public-lands/Sarah KaplanFri, 26 Nov 2021 21:21:04 +0000The long-awaited Interior Department document comes days after Biden authorized a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat rising gasoline pricesAt COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warminghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/13/cop26-agreement-climate-change-glasgow/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/13/cop26-agreement-climate-change-glasgow/Brady Dennis, Sarah KaplanSat, 13 Nov 2021 20:12:48 +0000Exhausted negotiators from nearly 200 nations struck a deal Saturday intended to propel the world toward more urgent climate action, without offering the transformative breakthrough scientists say must happen if humanity is to avert catastrophic warming.India, China propose 11th-hour edit to language around coal and fossil fuel subsidieshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSarah KaplanSat, 13 Nov 2021 19:37:35 +0000