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Climate Change

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Wildlife

How to Account for Offshore Wind Impacts on Oceanic Wildlife? Make a Plan.

As wind energy develops in the Atlantic Ocean, experts unite to ensure it’s done in the most eco-friendly and environmentally responsible way.
June 3, 2024
by
Emma Denes
As wind energy develops in the Atlantic Ocean, experts unite to ensure it’s done in the most eco-friendly and environmentally responsible way.
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Commentaries

Could Brazil’s Catastrophic Flooding Cause Extinctions?

Rising sea levels may cause the local extinction of three small, threatened vertebrates in southern Brazil.
May 22, 2024
by
Fernando Marques Quintela
Rising sea levels may cause the local extinction of three small, threatened vertebrates in southern Brazil.
Two hands cup a pile of wood pellets
Climate Change

Burning Trees: As the Biomass Industry Grows, Its Carbon Emissions Go Uncounted

Wood-pellet companies have devastated forests in the Southeast and New England. Now they’re looking to expand.
May 20, 2024
by
Nick Engelfried
Wood-pellet companies have devastated forests in the Southeast and New England. Now they’re looking to expand.
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Public Lands & Protected Spaces

How Do You Protect Something Most People Will Never See?

Meet the Fab Five: A combination of visual and virtual community engagement tools using charismatic species to help win hearts and minds toward saving the ocean.
May 6, 2024
by
Dr. David Shiffman
Meet the Fab Five: A combination of visual and virtual community engagement tools using charismatic species to help win hearts and minds toward saving the ocean.
Oceans & Clean Water

Smothered by Seaweed: Sargassum Wreaks Havoc on Caribbean Ecosystems

Its growth driven to epic levels by climate change and fertilizer runoff, sargassum puts dozens of species — and people — at risk.
May 3, 2024
by
Maria Mónica Monsalve (América Futura, El País América) and Krista Campbell (Television Jamaica)
Its growth driven to epic levels by climate change and fertilizer runoff, sargassum puts dozens of species — and people — at risk.
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Wildlife

Environmental Change, Written in the DNA of Birds

Two studies of California bird populations show how shifting environments can rewrite animals’ genomes — for better or worse.
April 29, 2024
by
Rebecca Heisman
Two studies of California bird populations show how shifting environments can rewrite animals’ genomes — for better or worse.
Several people stand around burning grasses.
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Fire for Watersheds

To bring more water to the landscape — and fight the growing risk of catastrophic wildfires — a Tribe in California helps to reshape fire management policy.
April 26, 2024
by
Ashley Braun
To bring more water to the landscape — and fight the growing risk of catastrophic wildfires — a Tribe in California helps to reshape fire management policy.
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Environmental Books

Revelator Reads: 15 Random Books That Every Environmentalist Should Read

These aren’t books that will get filed under “climate change” or “wildlife,” but they all offer a glimpse into our changing world.
April 19, 2024
by
John R. Platt
These aren’t books that will get filed under “climate change” or “wildlife,” but they all offer a glimpse into our changing world.
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Editorials

Time to Let This Conservation Jargon Go Extinct?

Bad communication can slow or hinder efforts to protect wild species and spaces. We can fix that.
April 17, 2024
by
John R. Platt
Bad communication can slow or hinder efforts to protect wild species and spaces. We can fix that.
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Climate Change

The Race to Save the Dragon’s Blood Tree

On Yemen’s Socotra island, residents battle poverty, conflict and climate change to help save its prized tree.
April 12, 2024
by
Abdulmalik Alnemri
On Yemen’s Socotra island, residents battle poverty, conflict and climate change to help save its prized tree.

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