NE China clearing space for resurgent endangered species
Officials in northeast China are planning a resident resettlement and afforestation project to double the size of a key migration corridor for wild Siberian tigers and Amur leopards ...
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Natura 2000: EU reserves are facing development pressures
An astonishing 18 percent of the European Union’s land area is protected under a network of preserves known as Natura 2000.
Bitter wind: A town divided over a controversial Maine wind farm
The proposal seemed straightforward: Erect 16 wind turbines on hilltops in rural Maine and generate enough electricity to power 25,000 homes ...
Will the Paris climate talks be too little and too late?
At the upcoming U.N. climate conference, most of the world’s major nations will pledge to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
An up-close view of Bristol Bay’s astonishing Sockeye salmon runs
Each year, in the largest salmon run in the world, an estimated 30 million sockeye salmon migrate into the rivers and lakes of Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska
Beyond sprawl: A new vision of the solar suburbs of the future
The concept of the "solar suburb" includes a solar panel on every roof, an electric vehicle in every garage ...
For U.S. tribes, a movement to revive native foods and lands
On ancestral lands, the Fond du Lac band in Minnesota is planting wild rice and restoring wetlands damaged by dams, industry, and logging.
A new global tinderbox: The world’s northern forests
Rapidly rising temperatures, changes in precipitation, and increased lightning strikes are leading to ever-larger wildfires in the northern forests ...
How China and U.S. became unlikely partners on climate
Amid tensions between the U.S. and China, one issue has emerged on which the two nations are finding common ground: climate change.
The rapid and startling decline of world’s vast Boreal forests
Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the fate of the huge boreal forest that spans from Scandinavia to northern Canada.
