
Audubon Magazine, Fall 2019 Climate Issue
It's been five years since Audubon magazine published our first special climate issue. Since then, the crisis has only worsened—and the need to act grown more pressing. That's why in this follow-up issue we chose to focus on solutions. As you can see from the below photo essay, Our Climate Crisis Today, people and wildlife are already suffering from the effects of climate change. But there's still time to take meaningful action. From the coasts of North Carolina and Maine to the Upper Mississippi River basin and the far reaches of Canada's boreal forest, we highlight people who are working hard to protect habitats and their wildlife from the worst of climate change.
In this issue, we also dive into Audubon's newest scientific report, Survival by Degrees: 389 Species on the Brink, which builds on our original climate study and provides even more detailed forecasts for birds in North America under various warming scenarios. The upshot? As many as 389 out of 604 species could be at risk if we don't substantially curb carbon emissions, starting now. And while two stories in this issue show how some companies and states are leading the way, we still have a long way to go. Thankfully, a diverse array of voices are helping us forge a new future, one in which we can prevent a worst-case scenario for birds and people alike—and you can help.

Our Climate Crisis Today

Birds Are Telling Us It's Time to Take Action on Climate

Explore Our Climate Change Cover

This Is What Climate Solutions Look Like
A Field Guide to the Future of North American Birds
Audubon’s new climate report warns of massive avian losses if we don’t change course and stabilize global carbon emissions.


Meet Eight Trailblazers Changing the Climate Conversation
Guardians of the North
Thaidene Nëné, Canada's newest national park, is a milestone for an Indigenous-led conservation movement that can help keep carbon in the ground while protecting crucial bird habitat.


Five Climate-Threatened Birds and How You Can Help Them

How State and Local Governments Are Leading the Way on Climate Policy

Bird Jobs of the Future and Other Avian-Inspired Stories From the Year 2100

Reverse Engineering the Climate Crisis Is Not Only Possible—It's Necessary

The Audubon Guide to Climate Action
A Moveable Feast
Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine has shifted the marine food web, putting already endangered Roseate Terns and their broods at even greater risk. Figuring out how to help these seabirds could point the way for safeguarding other species.


A Better Way to Decrease Disastrous Flooding on the Mississippi River
Island Retreat
As rising seas imperil historic structures and waterfowl flocks at Audubon's Pine Island Sanctuary, staff remain determined to defend the North Carolina refuge by saving its wetlands.


Reimagining 200 of Audubon’s Birds
Survival by Degrees:
389 Bird Species on the Brink
Read Audubon's newest scientific climate report and explore how species in your state will be affected.

The Audubon Bird Guide
Eurasian Hobby

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Northern Bobwhite

Mitred Parakeet
