Audubon Magazine Fall 2019

From the workplace to city hall, here are some ways to make your community more climate-friendly.

Farm-to-table is the buzzword, but too often farm-to-landfill is the reality.

Climate change is already causing people to relocate. As more hometowns become inhospitable, yours might be able to help.

These are the gatekeepers to the grid reform we need.

By working with nature, not against it, we can mitigate climate disasters while creating vital habitat.

To make a real dent in climate change, we have to go big on renewables—but an outdated power grid is getting in our way.

To broaden your regional impact as a climate advocate, take a cue from these two cases.

Remember: Your state representatives work for you.

When creating nationwide change, ensuring a "just transition" to a greener future must be a priority for all.

Having a low-carbon house isn't just better for the world—it will also save you serious money.

America’s largest irrigated crop isn’t corn or soy—it’s grass. Lawns cover more area than Georgia, and their upkeep deepens the climate crisis.

We all have one, and identifying yours is the first step in becoming an advocate for climate action.

We can't merely cut emissions to preserve a livable planet. We'll have to invent technologies to take back the carbon we've already released.

Using a zoom tool, you can peruse the photos of Audubon members that make up this image of a Great Gray Owl.

We dedicated our entire fall issue to tackling the challenge of climate change, because humanity has no other choice.

Global warming poses an existential threat to two-thirds of North American bird species—but there's still time to protect them. Audubon's new climate report says we have to act now.

As rising seas imperil its historic structures and famed waterfowl flocks, staff at the Audubon sanctuary are determined to defend the refuge by saving its wetlands.

These leaders come from the grassroots and positions of power, from the left and the right, from arts and science, but they share one thing in common: the urgency of this moment.

Audubon's newest climate report projects the future ranges for more than 604 North American species.

Artist Jenny Kendler creates a bird’s-eye view of climate change. In her artwork, the birds are watching us.

Audubon’s new climate report warns of massive avian loss if we don’t change course and stabilize global carbon emissions.

In Audubon’s first foray into climate fiction, or cli-fi, we asked writers of compelling—and sometimes strange—fiction to imagine what climate chaos will bring for birds and people. From there, they created these tales of the somewhat familiar future.

With the federal government failing to act, many states and cities are taking it upon themselves to cut emissions and increase resiliency.

Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine is shifting 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.

Thaidene Nëné, declared this summer, is a milestone for an Indigenous-led conservation movement that can help keep carbon in the ground and protect crucial habitat as the planet warms.