Canada & the North
Back in March of this year, we covered polar bears and their incredible adaptations for surviving in the harsh Arctic environment. We learned about a female polar bear that, in 2011, swam 426 miles over nine straight days (which is equivalent to the distance between Washington, D.C., and Boston).
Conservation
Yellowstone National Park is famous for its beautiful but harsh winters. Blanketed in snow, it exudes an almost mythical aura—even in the season’s common subzero temperatures there.
News & More
Doctors in Scotland made headlines a few years ago when they began “prescribing nature” for their patients with a range of afflictions. That new practice was based on research that suggested that people who spent two or more hours per week in nature improved their health and well-being.
News & More
In June 2022, nature let loose with five inches of rain over just three days in and around Yellowstone National Park, rapidly melting the snowpack that had remained from winter. As the rain and meltwater poured into creeks and rivers, it became a severe flood that could not be absorbed by the already saturated soil.
Conservation
Every summer has its own vibe. For example, you might remember your 10th as the one when you learned to swim at the beach, or your 25th as the time when you took the perfect road trip.
Asia & The Pacific
The planet we call home is warming faster than at any point in recorded history. As greenhouse gas emissions blanket our Earth, they trap the sun’s heat.
Conservation
The history of life on Earth has been marked five times by events of mass biodiversity loss caused by extreme natural phenomena. Today, a sixth mass extinction crisis is underway, this time almost entirely caused by human activities. In fact, one recent survey revealed that more species are threatened with extinction than we previously thought.
Conservation
The Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed into law on August 16, 2022, includes the most ambitious climate spending package in the country’s history. Its objective is to infuse $369 billion into the economy to fight climate change and set the nation on a path to reach our carbon emissions-cutting goals.
News & More
One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985, abandon them in the early 15th century? The consensus view has long been that colder temperatures, associated with the Little Ice Age, helped make the colonies unsustainable.
Nature & Wildlife
What sparked the COVID-19 pandemic remains a mystery, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. Several hypotheses exist, but each lacks sufficient evidence to explain the cause of the crisis. Many scientists believe that SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, spread from animals to humans—known as zoonotic transmission—in late 2019.
Conservation
Our planet’s climate is changing before our eyes. Weather events have gotten more extreme, and we’re in the midst of a sixth mass extinction.
Nature & Wildlife
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown, isolated population of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland that has found a unique way to survive.
