Topic - Biodiversity

Old Faithful at sunset. As water reserves decline, the geyser is expected to erupt less frequently.

Yellowstone and Warming: An Iconic Park Faces Startling Changes

By Adam Popescu

Ponderosa pine, now widely distributed in North America, were exceedingly rare during the last ice age.

As Climate Warms, a Rearrangement of World’s Plant Life Looms

By Zach St. George

The National Bison Range in Montana, now managed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

How Returning Lands to Native Tribes Is Helping Protect Nature

By Jim Robbins

The endangered western swamp turtle in Australia is the subject of one assisted colonization project.

Amid Climate Pressures, a Call for a Plan to Move Endangered Species

By Zach St. George

Essay

Species Solidarity: Rediscovering Our Connection to the Web of Life

By Michelle Nijhuis

Wildebeest on the Serengeti plain during their annual migration.

Species or Ecosystems: How Best to Restore the Natural World?

By Fred Pearce

A Big Oil Project in Africa Threatens Fragile Okavango Region

By Heather Richardson

A seagrass meadow near Atauro Island, Timor-Leste.

Why the Market for ‘Blue Carbon’ Credits May Be Poised to Take Off

By Nicola Jones

A plantation site for the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Project in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Analysis

Are Huge Tree Planting Projects More Hype than Solution?

By Adam Welz

A village in the Barisan Mountains of North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Indigenous Lands

Why a Big Mining Project Could Wipe Out Rural Villages in Indonesia

By Fred Pearce

A wind farm in Hebei Province, China, where some older clean energy projects are now being used for carbon credits.

Is the ‘Legacy’ Carbon Credit Market a Climate Plus or Just Hype?

By Fred Pearce

Essay

How the Loss of Soil Is Sacrificing America’s Natural Heritage

By Verlyn Klinkenborg

The Hulahula River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Analysis

Why Drilling the Arctic Refuge Will Release a Double Dose of Carbon

By Oswald Schmitz

A saffron finch at a Peruvian National Forest and Wildlife Service shelter in Lima after being rescued from illegal export.

An Illicit Trade in Brazil Is Sending Tiny Songbirds to Their Deaths

By Jill Langlois

A burrowing bettong, also known as the boodie, in the Australian Outback.

Assisting Evolution: How Far Should We Go to Help Species Adapt?

By Elizabeth Kolbert

Engineers have found cracks in the 420-foot-high Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River in Southern Africa.

Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams

By Fred Pearce

Opinion

Avoiding a ‘Ghastly Future’: Hard Truths on the State of the Planet

By Carl Safina

On U.S. Public Lands, Can Biden Undo What Trump Has Wrought?

By Jim Robbins

Reynaldo Santana, the King of the Naso, on the banks of the Teribe River in northwest Panama.

Conservation

Forest Defenders: A Panamanian Tribe Regains Control of Its Lands

By Fred Pearce

A seawall built to hold back rising seas and halt erosion on Ghoramara Island in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in India.

Water

As World’s Deltas Sink, Rising Seas Are Far from Only Culprit

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

The Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, a multiphase solar power complex located in Morocco, is the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant, with an energy capacity of 510 megawatts. The third phase of the facility, the 820-foot Noor III tower seen here, uses 7,400 heliostat mirrors to focus the sun’s energy to heat molten salt to 500–1,022 degrees Fahrenheit, producing steam that generates electricity.

Biodiversity

Yellowstone and Warming: An Iconic Park Faces Startling Changes

As Climate Warms, a Rearrangement of World’s Plant Life Looms

How Returning Lands to Native Tribes Is Helping Protect Nature

Amid Climate Pressures, a Call for a Plan to Move Endangered Species

Essay

Species Solidarity: Rediscovering Our Connection to the Web of Life

Species or Ecosystems: How Best to Restore the Natural World?

A Big Oil Project in Africa Threatens Fragile Okavango Region

Why the Market for ‘Blue Carbon’ Credits May Be Poised to Take Off

Analysis

Are Huge Tree Planting Projects More Hype than Solution?

Indigenous Lands

Why a Big Mining Project Could Wipe Out Rural Villages in Indonesia

Is the ‘Legacy’ Carbon Credit Market a Climate Plus or Just Hype?

Essay

How the Loss of Soil Is Sacrificing America’s Natural Heritage

Analysis

Why Drilling the Arctic Refuge Will Release a Double Dose of Carbon

An Illicit Trade in Brazil Is Sending Tiny Songbirds to Their Deaths

Assisting Evolution: How Far Should We Go to Help Species Adapt?

Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams

Opinion

Avoiding a ‘Ghastly Future’: Hard Truths on the State of the Planet

On U.S. Public Lands, Can Biden Undo What Trump Has Wrought?

Conservation

Forest Defenders: A Panamanian Tribe Regains Control of Its Lands

Water

As World’s Deltas Sink, Rising Seas Are Far from Only Culprit

Photo Essay

Overview: Transforming Land and Sea for a More Sustainable World