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Umair Irfan

Umair Irfan

Staff Writer / Senior Correspondent at Vox

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Umair Irfan
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What full FDA approval for Covid-19 vaccines really means

The Pfizer/BioNTech shot got the green light from regulators — which could encourage some holdouts to get vaccinated.
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We can’t just run away from wildfires

The risks of massive wildfires are growing, but we have tools to curb them.
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Rich countries still don’t want to pay their climate change tab

More money is on the table at the Glasgow climate conference, but it’s not enough.
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What the world did and didn’t accomplish at COP26

The biggest climate conference in history was a tiny step toward solving a gargantuan problem.
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How many cases and deaths could the Covid-19 omicron variant ... - ...

The worst-case scenario with the new variant could be 20 percent more US Covid-19 deaths than last winter.
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Climate change is already making parts of the world unlivable

There are still effective ways to adapt that can also lower emissions, the latest IPCC report from UN scientists finds.
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The uncharted waters of zero-emissions shipping

Container ships are major polluters and a tough challenge for the global climate. Some companies think they have the solution.

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How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is fracturing peace in the Arctic ...

The Arctic was once an oasis of international cooperation. Russia’s invasion brought it to a halt.
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The Colorado River drought across Lake Mead and Lake Powell, as see...

More water cuts are coming as the nation’s largest reservoirs continue to dry up in the worst drought in 1,200 years.
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California will ban gas car sales by 2035 - Vox.com

State regulators just passed a proposal to ban sales of gasoline vehicles by 2035.
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Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: What we know — and don’t know — ab...

A massive quake across Turkey and Syria killed thousands. Here are eight things to know about these seismic events.