Fires and Forests: Controlled Burns and Beyond

While wildfires and controlled burns (also known as prescribed burns) are both fires, they differ significantly in their impacts, management and origins....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Witnessing Climate Whiplash

July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a recent NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. And 2024 has now officially taken over the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Braiding Science, Kinship With Nature, and Communal Well-Being

Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, author Robin Wall Kimmerer in her now iconic 2015 book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

2022 Fifth Warmest Year on Record, But We’re Making Strides

Wherever you live, if you remember last summer, this probably won’t surprise you. Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The True Value of Trees

During this time of year, a lot of us are thinking about trees. For those who celebrate Christmas, a tree is usually the centerpiece for a family gathering...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Could Greenland’s Past Be the Amazon’s Future?

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...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wildfires Restore Yosemite and a Video View of the Park

During the drought conditions in the summer of 2021, wildfires raged throughout the western U.S. For example, as of September 12, 2021, the Dixie Fire is the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Despite Cold Temperatures, the Earth Burns and the Arctic Is Lost

It’s the day after New Year’s, and we’re just entering into 2018. In Times Square last night, according to the Associated Press, it was the second-coldest New...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Family Politics: Ranking Climate Change

My sister and I, like most sisters, share a lot in common. But we don’t always see eye to eye when it comes to politics. Yesterday, she told me that in this...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Happy Holidays 2015: Whales under the Northern Lights

As we reflect back on 2015, we have to admit it’s been a tough year for the world. Biodiversity is being lost, droughts continue and wars go on. But there is...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Climate Change Link to the Syrian War

I think Britain’s Prince Charles may be on to something. A longtime environmentalist, the heir to the British throne stated on November 23, 2015—just a week...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Applauding Paris: Climate Change Conference 2015 Will Go On

Before the terrorist attacks that left more than 125 people dead and hundreds wounded in Paris on Friday, November 13, 2015, the city was set to host the 21st...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Declining Wildebeests: Why Conserve Nonthreatened Species?

The classical elemental forces of nature are air, earth, fire and water. But there are other great environmental powers that have a beating heart, such as...

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Fires and Forests: Controlled Burns and Beyond

2022 Fifth Warmest Year on Record, But We’re Making Strides

The True Value of Trees

Could Greenland’s Past Be the Amazon’s Future?

Wildfires Restore Yosemite and a Video View of the Park

Despite Cold Temperatures, the Earth Burns and the Arctic Is Lost

Family Politics: Ranking Climate Change

Happy Holidays 2015: Whales under the Northern Lights

The Climate Change Link to the Syrian War

Applauding Paris: Climate Change Conference 2015 Will Go On

Declining Wildebeests: Why Conserve Nonthreatened Species?