biodiversity
Weather We Don't Recognize: A Case Study of Lorain, Ohio
By Jason Leppig / On May 11th, 2015
A new report that highlights specific examples of climate adaptation in the Midwest published this [last?] week in partnership with National Wildlife Federation. Informed by the data of Climate Change in the Midwest: A Synthesis Report for the National Climate Assessment, Weather We Don’t Recognize is an accessible primer on the new climate realities in the Midwest and why they matter.
The ESA: Taking Noah's Ark into a Brave New World
By Cristina Eisenberg / On April 16th, 2015
Reposted from Cristina Eisenberg's Huffington Post blog with permission.
The Endangered Species Act (ESA), created in 1973 to prevent extinction, is one of the most powerful environmental laws on Earth. The U.S.
Thoughts on Salamanders
By Biohabitats / On April 6th, 2015
Post by Amy Nelson; reposted from the Biohabitats Rhizome blog with permission.
Vernal pools may not look like it from afar, but they’re stirri
Confronting Hidden Threats to Sustainability (Part 2): Pushing Limits
By Worldwatch Institute / On March 31st, 2015
Reposted from the Worldwatch Institute's blog with permission.
What questions are being overlooked or underappreciated when we talk about the world of tomorrow? This is the second of three exclusive sneak peeks into our newest State of the World publication, scheduled for official release April 13, 2015.
Meet the Author: Q & A with ... Cristina Eisenberg!
By Meghan Bartels / On March 18th, 2015
In this installment of the occasional series, we hear from Cristina Eisenberg, author of The Carnivore Way.
Magical Thinking is Not Conservation
By Meghan Bartels / On March 10th, 2015
Post by David Johns, contributor to Keeping the Wild: Against the Domestication of Earth.
When humans started to farm 12,000 years ago, they began to change the earth in basic ways, pushing aside other species to make room for themselves and those they favored, killing creatures they didn’t want and domesticating others, altering soils and water courses to suit themselves, and generally replacing ecological complexity with simplified landscapes.
In seeking to dominate and control patches of the world—and today, th
How Did the Grizzly Bear Cross the Road?
By Cristina Eisenberg / On March 9th, 2015
Reposted from Cristina Eisenberg's blog at the Huffington Post with permission.
It all began with roadkill. Banff, the crown jewel of the Canadian national parks, is a paradox. Big, primeval wildness and all it embodies—peaks, waterfalls, and glaciers—surround the townsite, the antithesis of wildness with its bustling boutiques and hotels.