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The Ask

Kids and Climate Change: New Book Exposes Why Some Schools Fail to Teach the Science

In Miseducation, investigative journalist Katie Worth reveals big inequities in climate education and a gap that mirrors state politics.
November 15, 2021
by
Tara Lohan
In Miseducation, investigative journalist Katie Worth reveals big inequities in climate education and a gap that mirrors state politics.
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Voices

COP26 and Nature: Grizzly Bears Show Us the Connection Between Our Global and Local Actions

A window to the natural world reveals human–predator conflict and makes biodiversity loss, ecosystem destruction and species extinction irrefutable and real.
November 12, 2021
by
Lara Birkes
A window to the natural world reveals human–predator conflict and makes biodiversity loss, ecosystem destruction and species extinction irrefutable and real.
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Commentaries

Human Rights Depend on a Thriving Natural World

Any work to achieve human-rights gains will be upended unless we address our climate and biodiversity crises.
November 8, 2021
by
Steve Trent
Any work to achieve human-rights gains will be upended unless we address our climate and biodiversity crises.
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Editorials

Voter Suppression Is the New Climate Denial

The slow-moving coup threatens not just democracy but meaningful action on climate, extinction and environmental justice.
October 27, 2021
by
John R. Platt
The slow-moving coup threatens not just democracy but meaningful action on climate, extinction and environmental justice.
pika carrying vegetation
Voices

Vanishing: In the Mountains, It Need Not Be Lonely at the Top

A climb in the Cascades to hear the voices of American pikas living at the edge of crisis.
October 22, 2021
by
Laura Dassow Walls
A climb in the Cascades to hear the voices of American pikas living at the edge of crisis.
greater hog badger
Voices

Species Spotlight: The Greater Hog Badger, Cornered by a Hunting-Driven Extinction Crisis

This fearless carnivore lives a secretive life and digs fantastic tunnels — but that can’t protect it from poachers and snares.
October 15, 2021
by
Muntasir Akash
This fearless carnivore lives a secretive life and digs fantastic tunnels — but that can’t protect it from poachers and snares.
Waipi'o Valley, Hawaiʻi. Photo: Claire Fackler/ CINMS, NOAA
Voices

The Fight Against Extinction Requires Biocultural Restoration

The combined extinctions of Hawai‘i’s biodiversity and elements of Hawaiian culture represent the great unravelling of an eco-civilization.
October 11, 2021
by
Kawika B. Winter
The combined extinctions of Hawai‘i’s biodiversity and elements of Hawaiian culture represent the great unravelling of an eco-civilization.
sawfish on floor of tank
Voices

Vanishing: Sawfishes Are Weird and Wonderful — But Important, Too

A conservation scientist would miss these delightfully bizarre fish if they went extinct, but there’s more to saving them than their looks.
October 8, 2021
by
Helen Yan
A conservation scientist would miss these delightfully bizarre fish if they went extinct, but there’s more to saving them than their looks.
plastic bits in hand
The Ask

How to Turn Off the Tap on Plastic Waste

Erica Cirino’s new book, Thicker Than Water, examines the plastic pollution crisis — and its solutions — from oilfield to landfill.
October 6, 2021
by
Tara Lohan
Erica Cirino’s new book, Thicker Than Water, examines the plastic pollution crisis — and its solutions — from oilfield to landfill.
ivory-billed woodpecker
Editorials

23 Gone, Countless More to Save

Are you angry about the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species? Good. Use it.
October 4, 2021
by
John R. Platt
Are you angry about the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 other species? Good. Use it.

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