Candice Gaukel Andrews

Alaska’s Permafrost Is Burning. That’s Not Good for You.

Alaska is on fire. Even where I live in Wisconsin, I can feel it. A NASA photo shows that a plume of smoke from those northern blazes extends all the way down...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Living on an Iceberg

Last year, 2014, was the warmest on record since 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. What is even more...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Could Synthetic Horns Save Our Last Rhinos?

From making a Technicolor arm for a little girl to constructing custom pacemakers for people with damaged hearts, 3D printing has provided us with a wealth of...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Coastal Grizzlies of Katmai: An Alaska Photo Journal

Recently, I traveled with Natural Habitat Adventures on its “Alaska Grizzly Encounter: Kodiak to Katmai.” I can now say that having the opportunity to spend...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Greenland’s Earthquakes: A Warming Planet’s New Worry?

Climate change has caused accelerated calving and melting of tidal glaciers around the world, resulting in a sea-level rise. But that’s not the only...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Discovering the Unseen Natural World

Big, charismatic fauna and the large terrains and environments they live in—such as polar bears in the Arctic and whales in the world’s oceans—are always...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Travel Tale: Rite of Passage—Crossing the Drake

I’ve wanted to go to Antarctica ever since I first heard about it when I was a young child, probably in a children’s book about penguins or on TV. I thought...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Wind Power: Must the Choice Be Clean Energy or Wildlife?

To help meet our growing energy needs, in recent years we have increasingly turned to wind power. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Summer Beaches and Turtle Treks to the Sea

With the official start of summer arriving in just a little over a week, our thoughts are naturally turning to the world’s beaches. We won’t be the only ones,...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

One Bear’s Bad, Last Human Encounter

Almost a year ago, in July 2014, Washington state experienced the worst string of wildfires ever in its history. The first fire began on July 8 near the...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

10 Small Things to Always Take with You on Your Travels

Every few months, it seems that we travelers get hit with increasing airline fees and baggage costs. And as seat space and overhead bins get smaller and...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Vacation Photographers: Would You Consider Hiring One?

One of the many joys of returning from a trip is being able to relive the experience by sorting through your vacation photos. Chances are that you managed to...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

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...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Five Years after Deepwater Horizon, Arctic Drilling Okayed

Just over five years ago, on the evening of April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded off the coast of Louisiana, rupturing the Macondo...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

10 Uncommon Photography Composition Tips

Most people who appreciate the beauty and restorative benefits of nature eventually pick up a camera at some point or other in their lives. Whether it’s a way...

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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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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Water’s Staying Power

Water has been in the news this week: especially regarding how we’ll deal with insufficient quantities of it where we need it most—water is heavy and costly...

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Moving Water: Solution for Climate-Change-Caused Droughts?

It’s been raining for the better part of two weeks where I live in Wisconsin. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the grass so decked out in neon green. It’s a sharp...

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