Matt Reynolds
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About Matt Reynolds
Matt Reynolds is a senior writer at WIRED, where he covers climate, food, and biodiversity. Before that, he was a technology journalist at New Scientist magazine. His first book, The Future of Food: How to Feed the Planet Without Destroying It, was published in 2020.
You might be allergic to the modern world
Allergy rates are on the rise. Blame climate change and people’s urbanized lifestyles.
Is insect farming cruel?
More than a trillion insects are raised each year as high-protein, low-carbon animal feed, but the practice might have an ethical blind spot.
Don’t just save the adorable animals
One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.
Grim Reaper coming for our marine critters. But it’s not too late
A quarter of a billion years ago, rising temperatures emptied the oceans of life. The planet now faces a similar threat, but the outcome is in human hands.
A true count of climate deaths
Climate change is already killing people, but countries don’t have an easy way to count the true mortality cost of carbon. A new project might change that.