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How ‘Mother Trees’ Nurture Our Forests

New research documents how older trees support younger saplings, and offers a different way to think about logging and maintaining important carbon sinks.

Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

A western red cedar stands in a forest near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Credit: Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images

A Midwest Mayor Joins London Climate Week as a ‘Rational Optimist’ Who Aims to Get Things Done

By Christine Spolar

A New Book Tells the Story of Albuquerque Through the Rio Grande

By Martha Pskowski

The Invisible Infrastructure of Climate Resilience

By Claire Barber

A view of the damage caused by flash floods linked to El Niño conditions in Lima, Peru, on March 19, 2017. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images

El Niño Is Here and Will Have ‘Big Consequences’ for Global Weather

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Botanist Beronda Montgomery is the author of “When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy.” Credit: Melissa Blackall/Radcliffe Institute

‘Their Breath Was Captured in the Tree’

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

The Spiral Jetty, constructed by artist Robert Smithson in 1970, sits near the Great Salt Lake’s water on Aug. 1, 2021 in Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Let Terry Tempest Williams Teach You How to Find Your Own Glorians

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

How Utility Companies and States Shaped America’s Clean Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino

A North Atlantic right whale is seen in the waters of Cape Cod Bay, Mass. Credit: Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

A Bit of Good News for Right Whales

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. Credit: Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images

What the US Would Lose If It Eliminates the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Smog, Lies and Pineapples: How LA Cleaned up Its Air and What’s Left to Do

By Steven Rodas

Alannah Hurley, executive director of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay, is the winner of the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America. Credit: Goldman Environmental Prize

Inside the Indigenous Fight to Save Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon.

By Claire Barber

An oil tanker navigates the Strait of Hormuz on April 28. Credit: Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

How Oil Fuels Conflict and War—and Who Profits

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Trump’s Environmental Cuts Further Marginalize Vulnerable Communities

By Amy Green

Mining trucks load lithium sulfate in Chile’s Atacama Salt Flat on July 29, 2024. Credit: Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu via Getty Images

How to Think About the Extractive Problem of Lithium Mining

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

People gather for the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970. Credit: Jack Rosen/Getty Images

The History of Earth Day—and Why It Still Matters

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Turbine blades for the Revolution Wind offshore wind project are seen at State Pier in New London, Conn., on Aug. 25, 2025. Credit: Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public via Getty Images

Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Pat Parenteau worked to secure protections for the whooping crane when the “God Squad” first met 50 years ago. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Why Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Is Not Like the God Squads Before It

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

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