‘Like a Phoenix,’ A New Forest Emerges From the Destruction in Ukraine
Russia’s bombing of Kakhovka Dam in 2023 killed hundreds of people and tens of thousands of animals, but it’s also provided a potential ecological reset….
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Six Lessons From the World’s Deadliest Environmental Disaster
The world’s deadliest environmental disaster got its start in 1958. Its effects are still being felt today, more than six decades later. It wasn’t an…
Anthrax in Zimbabwe: Caused by Oppression, Worsened by Climate Change
A herd of emaciated cows crowd for water at a small dam in the Zimunya area about 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Zimbabwe’s eastern…
Burning Trees: As the Biomass Industry Grows, Its Carbon Emissions Go Uncounted
The port of Longview, Washington has served as a bustling hub of commerce for more than a century. Ships carrying everything from grain to wind…
The Silent Tragedy of Local Restrictions on Renewable Energy
New research shows how policies blocking cleaner energy sources, often inspired by persistent disinformation, harm the communities that adopt them. Communities across the United States…
Apathy Threatens the Planet. How Do We Get People to Care?
New research backs up conventional wisdom that getting people outdoors inspires them to conserve nature. The natural world faces many threats, but to many environmentalists,…
Eels, Cocaine and Climate Change
This summer many media outlets smelled blood in the water and went on a feeding frenzy, publishing sensationalized reports about sharks getting high on cocaine…
Climate Education Suffers From Partisan Culture Wars
Climate change education has been caught in the crossfire of the culture wars. While some U.S. states are boosting climate literacy, others are effectively miseducating…
Elders Seek to Supercharge Climate Action
Last month thousands of senior Americans took to the streets in 30 states to demand that the country’s major banks divest from fossil fuels. This…
Weather Whiplash: How Climate Change Killed Thousands of Migratory Birds
Can we help species adapt to the evolving threat of compound climate extremes? When dead birds fall from the sky, you know something is wrong….
The fight against deadly soot
The health risks from tiny airborne particulate matter may soon face stricter federal regulation. But improving air quality remains a complex challenge. This September a…
‘Soil Isn’t Forever’: Why Biodiversity Also Needs Protection Below the Ground
We know more than ever about the abundance of life in the soil. Now we have to step up to save it. Look down. You…
Dam Accounting: Taking Stock of Methane Emissions From Reservoirs
Mounting studies highlight greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs, and now a coalition of environmental groups has called for regulatory action. This month regulators greenlighted a…