Environmental news stories tend to slip through the cracks during election years — and this year we saw that like none other.
Still, this year brought more readers than ever to The Revelator. People wanted to know about the environmental threats the planet faces — and how to stop them.
Solutions stories were particularly popular this year, a sign that people are done with putting up with the status quo. Maintaining that energy and drive will be difficult but essential in 2025.
Here’s a list of some of our most popular articles of 2024. They cover people helping sloths and other endangered species, studying our blind spots, building environmentally conscious communities, looking at the threats of autocracy, and fighting climate change. They should all continue to offer inspiration and guidance in the troublesome year(s) ahead.
Adapt, Move or Die? Plants and Animals Face New Pressures in a Warming World
Anthrax in Zimbabwe: Caused by Oppression, Worsened by Climate Change
Building a Flock: How an Unlikely Birder Found Activism — and Community — in Nature
Burning Trees: As the Biomass Industry Grows, Its Carbon Emissions Go Uncounted
Coastal Restoration: Recycled Shells and Millions of Larvae — A Recipe for Renewed Oyster Reefs
Conservation Works — and Science Just Proved It
Environmental Change, Written in the DNA of Birds
In France, One Group Seeks to Do the Unthinkable: Unite the Climate Movement
The Monumental Effort to Replant the Klamath River Dam Reservoirs
Out-of-Control Wildlife Trade Is Shackling a Key Climate Solution
Rock and Roll Botany: An Endangered Plant Named After Legendary Guitarist Jimi Hendrix
Salmon Have Returned Above the Klamath River Dams. Now What?
The Shocking Truth About Sloths
Six Lessons From the World’s Deadliest Environmental Disaster
Titicaca in Crisis: Climate Change Is Drying Up the Biggest Lake in the Andes
Water and Cooperation Breathe New Life Into Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges
What 70 Celebrity Tortoises Can Teach Us About Conservation Stories
We’re thankful for our readers this past year. We look forward to bringing you more essential reporting in the months ahead.
