Grain in the setting sun

China’s Great Sparrow Campaign aimed to “conquer nature” but resulted in as many as 75 million human deaths.

Grain in the setting sun

China’s Great Sparrow Campaign aimed to “conquer nature” but resulted in as many as 75 million human deaths.

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The season brings important new books by climate scientists, conservationists, activists, and novelists.

snow leopard

Efforts to broaden local participation for the conservation of this rare cat are currently ongoing across its global range.

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A woman's eyes amidst leaves

Our culture has moved away from a fascination with the greenery around us. Experts warn that “plant blindness” could come with a cost.

Students lift packs of water from into the back of a truck

Collective action helps alleviate climate anxiety, as my class found following Hurricane Helene. It’s also helping our community to recover.

A Chinook salmon swims in shallow water above a rocky river bottom

Western science structures are embedded in a deeply rooted settler-colonial mindset. Indigenous traditional knowledge has the potential to overturn western systems destined for doom.

Darwin’s writings show that stories are central to ecology — and that appreciating nature as a portfolio of wondrous, pristine places is an obstacle to ecological literacy.

Wildfires over the crest of a hill

More than 50 years after the fall of Portugal’s dictatorship, the authoritarian regime still casts a long shadow over this wildfire-prone country.

south africa fire

From creating a plan to packing a go bag, here’s how you can prepare for the next wildfire, hurricane, or other natural disaster.

The U.S. Forest Service includes fire it intentionally sets as part of its acreage count of the nation’s “wildfires.” That presents an inaccurate picture.

Journalists and activists should focus on these three linked problems, says the acclaimed author, who also encourages us to talk about hope.

A few scraggly trees on a pollution-filled street

Egyptians face worsening threats from heat and pollution. So why is the country cutting down thousands of healthy trees?

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