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As Animals Migrate Because of Climate Change, Thousands of New Viruses Will Hop From Wildlife to Humans—and Mitigation Won’t Stop Them

“We can’t put this one back in the bottle,” said the researcher behind a recent study about the spread of zoonotic diseases.

By Victoria St. Martin

Health workers screen passengers arriving from abroad for monkeypox symptoms at Anna International Airport terminal in Chennai on June 03, 2022. Credit: Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images
Purple urchins consume the remainder of a small giant kelp. In the background, an urchin barren has cleared the majority of nearby kelp and algae leaving an environment less hospitable for many species. Credit: Michael Langhans

In the Pacific, Global Warming Disrupted The Ecological Dance of Urchins, Sea Stars And Kelp. Otters Help Restore Balance.

By Mallory Pickett and Bob Berwyn

Tule Elk. Credit: Julia Kane/InsideClimate News

California Ranchers and Activists Face Off Over a Federal Plan to Cull a Beloved Tule Elk Herd

By Katelyn Weisbrod

National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Credit: National Park Service

Trump Plan Would Open Huge Area of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve to Drilling

By Sabrina Shankman

A common murre flaps its wings in the waters of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. Credit: Dave Walsh/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Dead Birds Washing Up by the Thousands Send a Warning About Climate Change

By Sabrina Shankman

A turtle swims over bleached corals. Coral reefs are critical habitats for young fish and other sea life. Credit: NOAA

Ocean Warming Is Speeding Up, with Devastating Consequences, Study Shows

By Bob Berwyn

A bowhead whale spotted by observers on Oct. 29, 2019. Credit: Vicki Beaver/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC/MML via BOEM

Alaska’s Big Whale Mystery: Where Are the Bowheads?

By Sabrina Shankman

A sickly harbor seal pup is examined at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in March 2015 after it was rescued in Laguna Beach, California, amid a marine heat wave. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

A Marine Heat Wave Intensifies, with Risks for Wildlife, Hurricanes and Wildfires

By Bob Berwyn

After a recent mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, researchers found a sharp drop there in the diversity of fish species that rely on reef habitats. Credit: Laura Richardson/ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

Australia Cuts Outlook for Great Barrier Reef to ‘Very Poor’ for First Time

By JAMIE SMYTH, FINANCIAL TIMES

Manatees in the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Credit: David Hinkel/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Environmental Groups Sue to Block Trump's Endangered Species Act Rule Changes

By Georgina Gustin

A polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Susanne Miller/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Trump Weakens Endangered Species Protections, Including on Climate Change

By Sabrina Shankman

Sockeye salmon. Credit: Mark Conlin/VW PICS/UIG via Getty Images

Global Warming Is Pushing Pacific Salmon to the Brink, Federal Scientists Warn

By Bob Berwyn

Tufted puffins on St Paul Island in the Bering Sea off the Alaska coast. Credit: Isaac Sanchez/CC-BY-2.0

Mass Die-Off of Puffins Raises More Fears About Arctic's Warming Climate

By Sabrina Shankman

Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park. Jim Peaco/Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears Are Wandering Farther from Home and More Are Dying

By JOHNATHAN HETTINGER

American Pika. Ann Schonlau/Rocky Mountain National Park/CC-BY-ND-2.0

The Impossibly Cute Pika's Survival May Say Something About Our Own Future

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Fishermen in the Maldives bring in a catch. Ocean warming is putting coastal fish under higher stress, particularly in the tropics. In the islands, coastal species have no few if any options to escape the heat. Credit: EyesWideOpen/Getty Images

No Place to Hide: Global Warming Hitting Ocean Species Harder than Land Animals

By Bob Berwyn

The Arctic tundra is among several key ecosystems that store large amounts of carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere, but are under increasing pressure as global temperatures rise. Credit: Dave Walsh/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images

Saving Ecosystems to Protect the Climate, and Vice Versa: a Global Deal for Nature

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Sheenjek River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Global Warming Is Pushing the Arctic Toward an ‘Unprecedented State,’ Research Shows

By Bob Berwyn

Whooping Cranes in the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge in Indiana. Credit: Steve Gifford/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Spring Is Coming Earlier to Wildlife Refuges, and Migrating Birds Need to Catch Up

By Neela Banerjee

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