Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic…
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This Christmas, It’s ‘Firmageddon’ as Climate Change Hits Oregon
This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Scientists have discovered a record number of dead fir trees in…
The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb
In March 2015, the Deepwater Champion rig was at work for Exxon Mobil, exploring for oil in the Atlantic Ocean 120 miles off the coast of Guyana, drilling…
The ‘30×30’ Conservation Goal Divides and Inspires at COP15
But others question the mentality of those trying to enforce it—even if it looks good on paper. Lakpa Nuri Sherpa, who is from Nepal, and represents the Asia…
Pink Snow Is Not a Cute Phenomenon—Here’s Why
The scientists used the device to record the snow’s albedo, a measure of what fraction of the sunlight beaming down is reflected back up. Red snow means…
The Mystery of Alaska’s Disappearing Whales
This story originally appeared in Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When Roswell Schaeffer Sr. was 8 years old, his father decided it was…
The Geological Fluke That’s Protecting Sea Life in the Galapagos
This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Pushed by climate change, almost every part of the ocean is…
New York Voted to Protect the Planet. California Did Not
But in a move that puzzled many of the state’s progressives, Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, joined the California Republican Party to oppose the measure…
New Mexico’s Beloved Pinyon Jay Is Losing Its Pine Habitat
The petition contains the first estimate of total acreage of piñon-juniper habitat currently treated by the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest…
This Ancient Grain-Sowing Method Could Be Farming’s Future
Today, Ethiopian farmers are feeling the pressure to grow modern monoculture crops, thanks in part to a national push to become an agricultural powerhouse.…