The Ask

Collisions between whales and ships have increased, but an effort to hear, see and predict whale behavior could help reduce fatalities.

With his new “field atlas,” Kaufmann challenges readers to better understand the places where we live — and to protect them.

In The Reindeer Chronicles, Judith D. Schwartz shows how badly damaged landscapes are being restored across the world — and why more of that work is deeply needed.

Climate change is already leaving Southeast cities swamped. Experts from the Southern Environmental Law Center explain how communities are planning for a wetter future.

More frequent, longer-lasting blooms can harm both wildlife and human health — and even kill. Can we learn to predict and prevent them?

Climate Interactive’s new online tool and its history of deep relationship building helps show that our international climate goals remain in reach. 

A warming planet will unleash the carbon and methane locked away in frozen Arctic soils. How bad will it be? Researcher Christina Schädel explains the risk.

Energy policy expert Leah Stokes explains who’s pushing climate delay and denial — it’s not just fossil fuel companies — and what we need to do now.

Satellites can help monitor industry and highlight environmental harm. SkyTruth founder John Amos tells us how technological advances are driving conservation efforts — and how people can participate.

Bats have come under fire as scientists work to understand the origins of the novel coronavirus, but we have more reasons to be thankful for bats than afraid of them.