The mountains are calling and I must go, and I will work on while I can, studying incessantly.
- John Muir
From The Journal...
Our Q&A with conservation journalist and storytelling expert Millie Kerr underscores the importance of character-driven stories in conservation.
ENVIRONMENT
A Trek to Prevent Iceland’s Apocalypse
In the remote Icelandic highlands, two filmmakers face a dilemma when they realize their 14-day trek across the land they are trying to protect will take twice as long as they planned.
Forrest Galante: The Modern-Day Charles Darwin
Except biologist Forrest Galante is not searching for the origin of species, more like auditing the books, and in a few very successful instances, erasing names from the roster of extinction.
India Must Stop Deforesting its Mountains if it Wants to Fight Floods.
During floods and landslides in August 2019, two villages were completely destroyed killing several people, while a year earlier Kerala saw its worst floods in a century.
How climate change is driving emigration from Central America
Rising global temperatures, the spread of crop disease and extreme weather events have made coffee harvests unreliable in places like El Salvador. On top of that, market prices are unpredictable.
The Great Barrier Reef outlook is ‘very poor’. We have one last chance to save it.
It’s official. The outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has been downgraded from “poor” to “very poor” by the Australian government’s own experts.
It’s Time to Break the Deadlock over Africa’s Ivory Trade: Here’s How.
Fierce debates over ivory have dominated the global conference for the international trade in species for 30 years since the first international ivory ban was instituted in 1989.
Antarctica’s largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the ocean
Much of West Antarctica’s ice lies below sea level, and warming ocean temperatures may lead to runaway ice sheet retreat.
