When will a vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents collapse? Depends on whom you ask.
New research suggests the Atlantic Ocean currents that help shape the climate may be weakening more slowly than thought.
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Violinist composes music from moth flight data to highlight insect decline
Music and science collide in Moth x Human, a new composition by musician Ellie Wilson, a violinist that composes music from moth flight data into a haunting tribute.
How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them
Nearly 5 million acres of forests in Ukraine have burned since Russia’s latest invasion in 2022, ignited by rocket fire, artillery shelling, and explosive devices.
Rights of the wild: three more projects working to protect nature’s silent citizens
Challenging the dominance of ‘human supremacy’ over nature, these three movements are asking us to rethink our relationship with the more-than-human world.
Giving non-human beings a seat at the table: Animals in the Room
How might animals have a stake in democratic processes? How do we truly hear what they want? This project aims to find out.
Trump Administration Moves to Gut Habitat Protections for Endangered Wildlife
The Trump administration issued a proposed rule today that would rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species nationwide. These protections for the places where endangered…
Trump’s attack on paper straws is mostly symbolic — but the plastics industry is celebrating
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to end the “forced use” of them, immediately undoes part of a Biden-era initiative to eliminate single-use…
Can Trump Just Rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali?
President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali has resulted in lots of discussion
How Communities Are Giving New Life to Polluted Land
Cleaning up contaminated land is a struggle. Meet some of the community leaders who are taking matters into their own hands.
What is the Evangelical Environmental Network?
Some Christian activists are trying to mobilize anti-abortion conservatives for environmental action under the banner of protecting life. But not everyone in or outside the church agrees with the…
Polar Bears: How Climate Change is Hurting Them
Climate change is affecting polar bears and their survival. Let's look at the ways polar bears are negatively impacted by climate change.
What if nature had a voice in legislation? A ‘planetary parliament’ could give it one.
The Planetary Democrats, a European legal association, wants to create a global parliament that would represent the interests of the nonhuman world.
Please, no diamonds for the Wilderness Act’s 60th anniversary
The 1964 Wilderness Act celebrates its 60th anniversary today on September 3rd. Diamonds are a gift for a 60th wedding anniversary and presumably represent strength, but from a humanitarian lens diamonds have evolved to represent consumption and exploitation.
Baby beavers born in urban London for the first time in over 400 years
At least two kits have appeared just eight months after the pioneering reintroduction of a beaver family to west London. Their births mark the end of a more than 400-year absence of breeding beavers…
Indigenous geography could change how we relate to the Earth
Geography can be maps, looking at spatial relationships. But it can also be something deeply personal, like how we interact with space.
Teach Your Children to Love the Planet: 20 Environmental Activities For Kids
In a world where environmental challenges are increasingly evident, instilling a sense of environmental awareness in children is more important than ever
