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…
Nature & Environment
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
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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,…
The Spotlight That Bees Deserve
Bees keep carrying the weight of the world on their wings. They managed to survive a significant mass extinction event and multiple smaller ones; bees…
A New Mall for The Village: How Carbon Credit Dollars Affect Indigenous People in Guyana
Clarissa Levy, Agência Pública Excluded from the negotiations, Indigenous people in Guyana criticize the loss of autonomy in their territories In the centre of the…
Citizens and State at Odds Over Chile’s Rucalhue Dam
The Biobío Basin’s latest hydropower project is uprooting protected vegetation, amid allegations of insufficient prior consultation of local residents Fernanda Purrán was raised alongside the…
How Volcanologists Can Improve Urban Climate Resilience
City-level strategies to cope with climate change can benefit from the insights of volcano scientists, who have long customized hazard information for local communities The…
An Effective and Impactful Project: Restoring Livelihoods in War-torn Tigray
A community rising from the ashes of conflict In the wake of the devastating two-year war that ravaged Ethiopia’s Tigray region from November 2020 to…
Half the World’s People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic
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What Can Psychology Offer Biodiversity Protection?
The new field of conservation psychology offers valuable lessons for protecting the world’s wildlife — as well as ourselves. In recent weeks and months, Donald…
African Fishers ‘Ignored’ Despite Vital Role
Africa’s small-scale fishers are being overlooked in policymaking, despite providing the most stock and nutritional value of any region, according to new analysis. The study…