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…
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America’s Billion-Dollar Tree Problem Is Spreading
Fast-growing, drought-tolerant trees are slowly spreading across grasslands on every continent except Antarctica. Given how desperate we are to reduce carbon…
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…
A Caustic Shift Is Coming for the Arctic Ocean
Imagine, for a moment, that you are standing on a pier by the sea, grasping, somewhat inexplicably, a bowling ball. Suddenly you lose your grip and it…
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.…
The World Is Drowning in Plastic. Here’s How It All Started
In the early 2010s, brands began phasing out the plastic microbeads they’d been adding to toothpaste and face scrubs to boost their scrubbing power. Some of…
Rats Are Invasive Menaces. These Cameras Spy on Them
Off the coast of Southern California, amid a literal sea of troubles—warming waters, microplastic pollution, overfishing—is a 96-square-mile conservation…
Goats and Sheep Are Brawling in the Rockies. Blame Glacial Melt
This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In one corner, there is the agile climber with steak-knife-like…
War Is an Ecological Disaster—but Ukraine Can Build Back Greener
Wartime contamination is happening indirectly as well, Denisov says. During normal operations, coal mines in Donbas, for instance, have to pump water out to…
Gas Drilling Is Disrupting Animal Migration
In general, it’s surprising how little ecologists know about why large animals choose their migration paths. The motivations for moving are obvious, and…