Climate

December 19, 2017 — In the wake of an especially destructive hurricane season, conservationists and urban planners are grappling with how to protect coastlines—and are increasingly looking to nature for inspiration.

December 12, 2017 — Public Comments Leave Little Doubt on Public Support of Net-Metering

December 12, 2017 — On a remote Alaskan sandbar, under the watchful eye of a devoted scientist for more than four decades, climate change is forcing a colony of seabirds into a real-time race: evolve or go extinct.

November 29, 2017 — Cooler water and abundant fish led to loads of plump little pufflings.

November 15, 2017 — A naturalist's 100-year-old field notes show that California birds now nest a week earlier to stay cool and compensate for global warming.

October 12, 2017 — The repeal effectively amounts to additional years of unfettered carbon pollution with no end in sight. Here’s why you should care.

October 11, 2017 — Big burns are natural, but climate change could make especially destructive fire seasons the new normal.

October 10, 2017 — Preserved birds and digital photos help pinpoint levels of black carbon and the changes that led to its decline.

October 4, 2017 — Warmer temperatures mean Whooping Cranes migrate north earlier, and south later, between the Gulf Coast and Canadian breeding grounds.

September 26, 2017 — The marshes are falling apart. Hope for them—and for the birds and people that call them home—comes with mud, grass, grit, and optimism.