Climate

July 06, 2017 — Feeding shifts are helping the seabird survive warming oceans and preserve a reliant tundra ecosystem—at least in the short term.

June 27, 2017 — Without coastal restoration that makes beaches less vulnerable to storm surges, climate change will be a threat, and not just from sea level rise.

June 09, 2017 — In many states, you can direct your utility to buy your electricity from renewable sources—a climate-change action requiring no lifestyle changes.

June 01, 2017 — Claiming the unprecedented climate accord was designed to hurt American economic interests, President Trump has pulled the U.S. from the global pact to fight climate change.

May 16, 2017 — As climate change makes the seasons less predictable, one in five studied species are struggling to time their migrations with the greenery.

April 14, 2017 — A pilot program called Climate Watch aims to use on-the-ground observations to validate Audubon’s climate modeling, which predicts how birds’ territory ranges will shift in response to a changing climate.

March 29, 2017 — In Hawaii, conservationists dutifully tend to downy Laysan Albatross chicks at a new nesting colony created to ensure the species’ future. This is the second of three stories about efforts to save the birds, one egg at a time.

March 23, 2017 — Data show high temperatures may have spurred unusual migration patterns for some species.

March 10, 2017 — By saying human activity is not a leading cause of climate change, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency continues his campaign to undermine widely accepted climate science.

February 27, 2017 — Frances Beinecke, former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, was an early leader in the battle against global warming. Here she discusses what has been accomplished and what's left to be done.