Biodiversity & Conservation
Indian Court Rules That Nature Has Legal Status on Par With Humans—and That Humans Are Required to Protect It
By Katie Surma
A Climate-Driven Decline of Tiny Dryland Lichens Could Have Big Global Impacts
By Bob Berwyn
Warming Trends: Tracking Bird Migration in the Night Sky, Plus the Olympic Mountains’ Rapidly Shrinking Glaciers and a Podcast Focused on Florida’s Polluted Environment
By Katelyn Weisbrod
The Current Rate of Ocean Warming Could Bring the Greatest Extinction of Sealife in 250 Million Years
By Bob Berwyn
Florida Judge Asked to Recognize the Legal Rights of Five Waterways Outside Orlando
By Katie Surma
Warming Trends: Smelly Beaches in Florida Deterred Tourists, Plus the Dearth of Climate Change in Pop Culture and Threats to the Colorado River
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Warming Trends: British Morning Show Copies Fictional ‘Don’t Look Up’ Newscast, Pinterest Drops Climate Misinformation and Greta’s Latest Book Project
By Katelyn Weisbrod
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’
By Katie Surma
Across the Boreal Forest, Scientists Are Tracking Warming’s Toll
By Ed Struzik, Yale Environment 360
Warming Trends: The Climate Atlas of Canada Maps ‘the Harshities of Life,’ Plus Christians Embracing Climate Change and a New Podcast Called ‘Hot Farm’
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Environmentalists in Chile Are Hoping to Replace the Country’s Pinochet-Era Legal Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’
By Katie Surma
Warming Trends: How Urban Parks Make Every Day Feel Like Christmas, Plus Fire-Proof Ceramic Homes and a Thriller Set in Fracking Country
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Indigenous Land Rights Are Critical to Realizing Goals of the Paris Climate Accord, a New Study Finds
By Katie Surma
Ecuador’s High Court Rules That Wild Animals Have Legal Rights
By Katie Surma
Warming Trends: Lithium Mining’s Threat to Flamingos in the Andes, Plus Resilience in Bangladesh, Barcelona’s Innovation and Global Storm Warnings
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Saving Starving Manatees Will Mean Saving This Crucial Lagoon Habitat
By Amy Green
