How Thawing Permafrost Is Beginning to Transform the Arctic

By Ed Struzik

Long Shaped By Fire, Australia Enters a Perilous New Era

By Fred Pearce

Native Species or Invasive? The Distinction Blurs as the World Warms

By Sonia Shah

Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health

By Jim Robbins

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Song of the Western Ghats: A Green Island in a Crowded Land

By Priyanka Hari Haran

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A River Worth Saving: Who Will Protect the Unheralded Llano?

By Austin Price

Nepal’s Road-Building Spree Pushes into the Heart of the Himalayas

By Broughton Coburn

Opinion

Let It Be: Why We Must Save Alaska’s Pristine Tongass Forest

By Kim Heacox

Could Abandoned Agricultural Lands Help Save the Planet?

By Richard Conniff

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

Amazon Watch: What Happens When the Forest Disappears?

By Fred Pearce

Interview

Why Keeping Mature Forests Intact Is Key to the Climate Fight

By Fen Montaigne

Opinion

On the Northwest’s Snake River, the Case for Dam Removal Grows

By Jacques Leslie

Analysis

Open for Business: The Trump Revolution on America’s Public Lands

By Jim Robbins

Turkey’s Dam-Building Spree Continues, At Steep Ecological Cost

By Paul Hockenos

In Israel, Questions Are Raised about a Forest that Rises from the Desert

By Fred Pearce

Could Massive Storm Surge Barriers End the Hudson River’s Revival?

By Elizabeth Royte

Interview

Will Deforestation and Warming Push the Amazon to a Tipping Point?

By Fen Montaigne