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Where Pandemics Come From — and How to Stop Them

As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks.

March 23, 2020

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John R. Platt

As biodiversity disappears, the risk to human health increases. Experts say we need to protect wild spaces and species to help prevent future outbreaks.

Wildlife

Beat the COVID-19 Blues With These Wildlife and Nature Livecams

Just because we’re all self-isolated doesn’t mean we have to isolate ourselves from nature.

March 17, 2020

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John R. Platt

Just because we’re all self-isolated doesn’t mean we have to isolate ourselves from nature.

Wildlife

The Call of the Wild: Using Sound to Help Imperiled Species and Ecosystems

Noise pollution has harmed species across the planet. Could social recordings help bring them back to their habitats?

March 2, 2020

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Lorraine Boissoneault

Noise pollution has harmed species across the planet. Could social recordings help bring them back to their habitats?

Oceans & Clean Water

5 Things You Should Know About the Earth’s Warming Ocean

Climate change has caused record-breaking ocean temperatures, and that means more dangerous storms, trouble for coral reefs and big changes for our marine ecosystems.

January 29, 2020

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Tara Lohan

Climate change has caused record-breaking ocean temperatures, and that means more dangerous storms, trouble for coral reefs and big changes for our marine ecosystems.

Public Lands & Protected Spaces

How One Utah Community Fought the Fracking Industry — and Won

Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sand mine that threatened the region’s aquifer.

January 17, 2020

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Tara Lohan

Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sand mine that threatened the region’s aquifer.

Voices

Storms and Rising Seas Threaten Coastal Ecosystems — Here’s What We Can Do

We’ve made little progress in preparing our communities and vital ecosystems for storms and sea-level rise, but there are tools we can use if government agencies and nonprofits take action.

November 6, 2019

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Jeff Peterson

We’ve made little progress in preparing our communities and vital ecosystems for storms and sea-level rise, but there are tools we can use if government agencies and nonprofits take action.

Extinction Countdown

Saving the Vaquita: New Promises and New Threats

In response to pressures from the international community, Mexico has agreed to take more steps to prevent the porpoises’ extinction — but with fewer than 20 remaining, will that be enough?

October 14, 2019

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John R. Platt

In response to pressures from the international community, Mexico has agreed to take more steps to prevent the porpoises’ extinction — but with fewer than 20 remaining, will that be enough?

Op-Eds

Here’s Our Best Opportunity to Save the Oceans — and Ourselves

A dire report about our climate and oceans underscores the great need for action. A global oceans treaty could help save the future.

October 1, 2019

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Steve Trent

A dire report about our climate and oceans underscores the great need for action. A global oceans treaty could help save the future.

The Ask

Naomi Klein: Gearing up for the Political Fight of Our Lives

The author and activist talks about climate hope, grief and her new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal .

September 16, 2019

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Tara Lohan

The author and activist talks about climate hope, grief and her new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal .

Reviews

Outlaw Oceans: Exposing Slavery, Overfishing and Other Abuses on the High Seas

Journalist Ian Urbina’s daring new book The Outlaw Ocean uncovers a dark world of exploitation on the high seas — a world that exists out of the public eye and beyond the rule of law.

August 20, 2019

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Steven T. Jones

Journalist Ian Urbina’s daring new book The Outlaw Ocean uncovers a dark world of exploitation on the high seas — a world that exists out of the public eye and beyond the rule of law.