Highway to Hell
The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics. Plans to reconstruct the controversial BR-319 highway have now been formally announced and…
Nature & Environment
Invasive Lake Weed Turned to Clean Energy in Ethiopia
By: Solomon Yimer For years, Fentie Wabi worked as a fisherman on Ethiopia’s Lake Tana, until an aggressive green invader changed everything. Water hyacinth, a…
Can We Delay Climate Change by Changing Climate Again?
I kept looking out the bus window to try and catch a glimpse of the Old Man of Storr, a high pinnacle rock in the…
What Is Green, But Will Put Us in the Black?
What is green but can put us in the black? The answer to this riddle is green roofs and adopting them will put us in…
When ‘Coexistence’ Is Co-Opted in Conservation Practice
July 17, 2025 by Ashraf Shaikh Coexistence between humans and wildlife is a meaningful goal, but it’s being misused or superficially invoked. In the late…
Climate Change Is Taking a Toll on Latin America’s Mental Health
Extreme weather and environmental change are generating long-term mental health challenges in the region, with experts highlighting an urgent need for more studies and intervention…
Palm Oil Continues to Plague Borneo’s Orangutans, Elephants, and Other Icons
Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot and the animals who depend on native forests….
Coral Cores Pinpoint Onset of Industrial Deforestation
Trace elements in coral reefs provide a timeline of how Borneo’s rainforests have been altered by industry. In Malaysian Borneo, demand for timber, land, and…
Unlocking Climate Secrets of Hawai‘i’s Drowned Reefs
Researchers set sail to study sea levels, climate, ecosystem responses, and volcanic histories over the past 500,000 years, using an innovative seabed drill to sample…
Alaska’s Tongass National Forest at Risk Once Again
Continuing years of litigation and advocacy, NRDC goes back to battle for the Roadless Rule and other federal safeguards that have kept these wildlands safe…
Surviving the Thaw: Greenland’s Inuit Grapple with Their Melting World
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter…
Scientists Warn Major Glaciers Won’t ‘Survive This Century,’ With Grave Impacts for Billions
“Preservation of glaciers is not just an environmental, economic, and societal necessity,” said one expert. “It’s a matter of survival.” Scientists on Friday spent the…
The Makah Tribe Is Calling Back the Whales
Celebrating the Tribe’s victory in their decades-long struggle to legally resume hunting gray whales. A single road provides access to the town of Neah Bay,…