News & More
New Discovery Shows Mayans Valued Essential Workers, Too
One of the many things that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us is how important essential workers are to our own well-being and to society as a whole.
Good Nature Travel Blog
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Conservation
New "Ghost Forests” Are a Sign of Climate Change
Now, at the end of August, you may think that it’s about two months too early to talk about “ghost forests.” But, in fact, they have nothing to do with Halloween—and everything to do with rising sea levels.
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Antarctica & Arctic
Under the Ice in Antarctica and Greenland: More Future Warming and a Past Cooling Down
If you were asked to name active volcano sites around the world, you’d probably include places such as Hawaii, Yellowstone National Park and Iceland, the country often labeled “the land of fire and ice.” But what’s under the white, frozen expanses in Antarctica may be far more dramatic.
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Conservation
Artificial Reefs: Help for Endangered Ecosystems or Ocean Junk?
A full 25 percent of all the marine life on the planet calls coral reefs home. But around the world, these natural habitats are in trouble. According to World Wildlife Fund, about one-quarter of coral reefs are considered damaged beyond repair, with another two-thirds under serious threat.
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News & More
The Disappearing Glaciers of Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park is smack-dab in the center of the breathtaking Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, which spans 10 million acres on either side of the U.S.-Canada border. Alpine meadows, grizzly bears, mountain goats, wildflowers and vast tracts of wilderness helped draw 2.9 million visitors to the park last year.
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News & More
Larsen Ice Shelf Breakoff: Our Future in Ice
A gigantic iceberg has just broken off from Antarctica’s massive Larsen C Ice Shelf. The berg began its independent life sometime in the middle of July 2017. And it’s huge. The 2,200-square-mile iceberg weighs a trillion tons (twice the volume of Lake Erie) and is nearly the size of Delaware.
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News & More
Good News for Climate Change: World’s First Carbon-Capturing Plant Opens
In 628 months, there hasn’t been a cool one. That’s more than 52 years. “Global warming has made cold scarce,” writes Brian Kahn in an April 19, 2017, article published on the Climate Central website.
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News & More
The Anthropocene: Dawn of the Age of Humans or Demise of the Earth?
It’s the beginning of a brand-new year, and—in geological terms—it may be the start of a new name for our era.
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Videos
Video: Old Photos Allow Us to Watch Greenland Melt
Thanks to some newly discovered aerial photographs from the 1930s, we can now see the retreat of some Greenland glaciers through time. Watch!
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News & More
Plants and People: Moving to Antarctica for Good—or Bad?
With our warming climate, some plants are managing to hitch a ride to Antarctica. Will they colonize and thereby change the continent?
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Videos
Video: BP’s Oil Spill—Lost Islands and Relocated Birds
The many news reports regarding the consequences of rapid climate change have made us all familiar with the fact that some islands may soon disappear due to rising sea levels. But you may be surprised to learn that an offshore oil spill has already caused the destruction of an island.
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News & More
Fearing Climate Change: the Fact and the Phrase
Words are my business; I’m intrigued by them and the power they have. As an environmental writer, I am particularly interested in the terms we have to describe the natural world: is a particular landscape “inspiring,” or is it more of a “stirring” place?