Analysis

As Climate Change Worsens, A Cascade of Tipping Points Looms

By Fred Pearce

Opinion

The New Climate Math: The Numbers Keep Getting More Frightening

By Bill McKibben

Lawless Ocean: The Link Between Human Rights Abuses and Overfishing

By Ian Urbina

Climate Whiplash: Wild Swings in Extreme Weather Are on the Rise

By Jim Robbins

Analysis

Are Numbers of Species a True Measure of Ecosystem Health?

By Fred Pearce

Listening to Nature: The Emerging Field of Bioacoustics

By Adam Welz

Opinion

The Real Case for Saving Species: We Don’t Need Them, But They Need Us

By Carl Safina

As Oceans Warm, Tropical Corals Seek Refuge in Cooler Waters

By Fred Pearce

As Water Scarcity Increases, Desalination Plants Are on the Rise

By Jim Robbins

Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option

By Fred Pearce

Analysis

Will Large Protected Areas Save the Oceans or Politicize Them?

By Fred Pearce

Piling Up: How China’s Ban on Importing Waste Has Stalled Global Recycling

By Cheryl Katz

Development

The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World’s Sand

By Fred Pearce

As Disease Ravages Coral Reefs, Scientists Scramble for Solutions

By Ret Talbot

Sparing vs Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature

By Fred Pearce

From High Above, A New Way of Seeing Our Urban Planet

By Katherine Bagley

Escalator to Extinction: How Mountain Species Are Imperiled by Warming

By Richard Conniff

Redrawing the Map: How the World’s Climate Zones Are Shifting

By Nicola Jones

Conflicting Data: How Fast Is the World Losing its Forests?

By Fred Pearce

Interview

A Global Ban on Fishing on the High Seas? The Time Is Now

By Richard Schiffman

Shark Mystery: Where Have South Africa’s Great Whites Gone?

By Adam Welz