Invasive Mice and Engineered Genes
August 2, 2021
W.M. Adams and K.H. Redford— On Gough Island, a steep speck of land deep in the South Atlantic, giant mice eat albatross chicks as they sit on their nests. They… READ MORE
Category: Environmental Studies
The Amazing, Hidden Early Life of Coral Reef Creatures
July 16, 2021
Peter F. Sale— Coral reefs are strewn across the tropical ocean like so many pearls from a broken necklace. Some are barely a few hundred meters from other reefs, but… READ MORE
Our New Frontier and Best Hope
February 1, 2021
David Western— Over the course of barely two centuries, subsistence herding and farming societies tied to rainfall and the seasons have coalesced into a global society and interwoven economy. Amboseli,… READ MORE
Climate Change—No 0.5°C are the Same
October 13, 2020
James Ladyman & Karoline Wiesner— In 2015 representatives of 196 states agreed to hold the warming of average global atmospheric temperature above pre-industrial levels to well below 2°C, and to… READ MORE
Improving Disaster Readiness Worldwide
September 4, 2020
Courtney Durham— Considering the current impediments to disaster risk reduction and growing risk from climate change, a number of policies can help nations shift the balance from reactivity to proactivity…. READ MORE
Grasses in the Northeast
August 26, 2020
Lauren Brown and Ted Elliman— In the countryside of the Northeastern United States, many of us take great pleasure in the sight of open meadows—shimmering waves of green, lavender, and… READ MORE
Getting Lost in the Wilderness in the Digital Age
August 24, 2020
Jon T. Coleman— I was born in Boulder, Colorado, in the Age of Aquarius. My little sister arrived two years later, on the second anniversary of Earth Day. Geography and… READ MORE
The Mountains Are Calling—but Who Gets to Go?
July 31, 2020
Caroline Schaumann— In the Covid-Age, the value of nature runs high. Beaches and mountain trails are overrun with those seeking a respite from lockdowns and social restrictions in the cities,… READ MORE
The Voyages of Joseph Banks
July 1, 2020
Toby Musgrave— As a young man Joseph Banks (he was knighted at the age of thirty-eight on 23 March 1781) undertook three voyages of scientific discovery. With his first, to… READ MORE
Pandemics and Farming Practices
June 17, 2020
John M. Marzluff— Charles Darwin started his treatise on natural selection by reminding readers of how human action has transformed domestic animals. Domestication occurs because artificial selection imposed by humans… READ MORE
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