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In an Alps emptied by coronavirus, a lifelong mountaineer finds surprises
The ski resorts in Austria have been quiet, the hiking trails vacant. And that’s invited the return of elk, mountain goats and deer.
As a warming climate delivers more rain, one city is trying a green solution
More frequent flooding is overwhelming city drainage systems, sending raw sewage into rivers and streams. But Philadelphia is trying an innovative fix — capturing rainwater before flows into city drains.
Climate Quiz
Carbon sinks and retreating glaciers
Have you been paying attention to The Post’s climate-related coverage? If so, this quiz should be an easy A.
After decades of waterfront living, climate change is forcing communities to plan their retreat
With rising waters, stronger storms and more devastating flooding, the time to start pulling back is now, experts say.
Climate change affects everything — even the coronavirus
In a warmer world, disease outbreaks are more common and people are less able to fight them.
Virginia becomes the first Southern state with a goal of carbon-free energy
Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signs legislation to require utilities to switch to renewables by 2045.
Safe passages
Rocky Mountain animals will move as the climate warms. These corridors could give them an easier path.
A runaway greenhouse effect turned Venus into ‘hell.’ Could same happen here?
Story of Venus holds important lessons.
- Outlook
- Perspective
How peer pressure can help save the planet
Buying a hybrid car convinces other people to buy them ultimately — a dynamic that can save the planet well down the road.
Climate Quiz
Climate news quiz: Australian wildfires and garbage
All right: Time to see if you’ve been paying attention to The Post’s climate-related coverage. If you have, this quiz should be an easy A.
The audacious effort to reforest the planet: How trees can fight climate change
Trees are carbon-sucking machines and tree planting offers a simple, accessible, low-tech idea with wide appeal.
The plug-in electric car is having its moment. But despite false starts, Toyota is still trying to make the fuel cell happen.
California drivers enthusiastically signed up for Toyota Mirai and Honda Clarity fuel cell vehicles. Three years later, they're on the fence about the technology.
(Adam Glanzman/For The Washington Post)
Retreat or adapt: A city that flourished by the ocean is now preparing for rising seas
Facing climate change the city must gird itself for an era of rising seas — or be inundated
A small Canadian airline using a 63-year-old seaplane is on the forefront of electric-powered flight
Harbour Air’s maiden flight ranks it alongside global aviation and tech giants in the search for quieter, cleaner planes.
Kentucky was devastated for decades by mountaintop removal. Now scientists have figured out a way to undo the damage — one tree at a time.
Patrick Angel spent decades overseeing the destruction of Kentucky's land. After a painful epiphany, he's devoting himself to making Appalachia green again.
Instead of releasing this greenhouse gas, beer brewers are selling it to pot growers
In a novel approach, Colorado brewers and marijuana growers are recycling carbon dioxide.
A new leaf on reforestation of tropical woods
These photographs show the leaves from seedlings grown at a remote nursery run by farmers in the village of Kawayanon.
(Michael Parkin for The Washington Post)
Want a green Valentine’s Day gift? Don’t buy chocolate. Or roses.
It takes quite a bit of carbon to get these traditional tokens of romance from farm fields into your sweetheart’s hands.
What does ‘dangerous’ climate change really mean?
A guide to the world's warming targets -- and what might happen if we don't meet them.
Forget the log cabin. Wood buildings are climbing skyward — with pluses for the planet.
"Mass timber” construction is gaining ground, although not all environmentalists agree on its potential for slowing climate change.
BlackRock makes climate change central to its investment strategy
The shift by the nation’s leading money manager is sure to be closely watched by its rivals and the rest of corporate America.
Climate Curious
Are my hamburgers hurting the planet?
Cow flatulence isn't that bad for the environment. Their burps are the real problem.
Amid shut-off woes, a beacon of energy
A Native American tribe has insulated itself from California’s blackouts by creating a microgrid utility.
Revolutionary recycling? A new technology turns everyday trash into plastic treasure.
UBQ Materials says its process can profitably help tackle the world’s huge waste problem.
Climate Curious
What’s the greenest way to travel?
To protect the planet, you may need to see less of it.
One city’s plan to combat climate change: Bulldoze homes
Charlotte has been demolishing flood-prone houses for years. But the floods are getting bigger.
Quiz: How much do you know about climate change?
Climate change can feel confusing, and big, and scary. Trust us: We get it. With this first quiz, we’ll start with some of the basics. Can you pass Climate Change 101?
The past year has brought a drumbeat of alarming news about the impact of climate change: shattered temperature records, deadly heat waves, accelerating sea level rise and more. Yet many people are working hard to turn things around, offering hope and inspiration. The Washington Post aims to give them the attention they deserve.
Divers re-emplanting corals on degraded reefs
Multiple approaches underway to try to repair portions of reef systems lost to warming water
(Ulf Svane/For The Washington Post)
What it takes to be carbon neutral — for a family, a city, a country
Amid mounting global concern about climate change, Denmark has turned into a buzzing hive of green experimentation.
The troubling ethics of fashion in the age of climate change
Is it possible to create beautiful clothing that doesn’t imperil the environment?
A new study promised a rare positive development from global warming for Maryland’s favorite crustacean. But bad news wasn’t far behind.
How you can reduce your carbon footprint when you travel
Your choices can make a difference. But your trip will have an environmental impact.
The most prominent efforts to prevent that crisis involve reducing carbon emissions. But another idea is also starting to gain traction — sucking all that carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it underground.
What the Space Age taught us: Earth is the best of all possible worlds
Star Trekking put on hold as visionaries appreciate the home planet anew
In Illinois, a push for renewable energy could alter the state’s agricultural landscape.
Conservationists and authors of a United Nations report on biodiversity loss say individuals have the power to create meaningful change.
The government said Britain would be the first “major economy” to enshrine net-zero carbon targets in law.
Young Europeans are digging out their parents’ yellowing Europe-by-rail guidebooks.
Beef cattle stand at the Texana Feeders feedlot in this aerial photograph taken above Floresville, Texas, U.S., on Monday, May 7, 2018. During a summit with President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month, China offered minor concessions welcomed by the Americans by allowing more U.S. beef imports and opening its financial sector to greater U.S. investment. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Earth’s population is skyrocketing. How do you feed 10 billion people sustainably?
A new study finds the current methods of producing, distributing and consuming food aren’t cutting it.
Companies leading the hunt for ways to skim carbon dioxide from the air are attracting interest from big deep-pocketed corporations — including oil companies.
When a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck remote parts of Peru’s Amazon region, Loon — an Internet-providing balloon service owned by Alphabet — dispatched a group of balloons to the impacted area.
As seas rise, the U.N. explores a bold plan: Floating cities
Buoyant platforms that can weather cyclones and climate change could provide room for crowded coastal cities to grow.
At the London Marathon, participants received a new kind of refreshment: tiny pouches filled with a sports drink and made from seaweed. The squishy pods gave race organizers a chance to cut down on the flood of plastic waste that accompanies major sporting events.
Sony has introduced a new product called the Reon Pocket, which operates like a mobile air conditioner that fits inside clothing.
RS Automotive will become the first service station in the nation to completely convert their equipment from offering gasoline to 100 percent electric power.
After a rigorous search in a rapidly melting Arctic, researchers have finally found a suitable floe with which their vessel can drift across the North Pole.
Churches say they are fulfilling God’s command — and the wishes of Francis in “Laudato Si” — by switching to renewable energy.
The Sierra Club's annual guide to buying plug-in electric vehicles provides a user-friendly quiz to help you identify possible vehicles to buy.