Black Ecologists Organize to Create Community and Elevate Research By Zayna Syed April 18, 2023 Here’s why they’re creating space for themselves and those who look like them In this story: equity, environmental justice, racial justice, science
The Asteroid and the Fern By Jacquelyn Gill April 3, 2023 A paleoecologist on what the past can teach us about climate change In this story: science, books, climate change
Woman as Medical Waste By Kate Golden March 30, 2023 A cancer survivor reflects on the downstream costs of her treatment In this story: science, water, toxics
The Pandemic Diet (For Falcons) By Niko Zlotnik March 25, 2023 When Londoners stayed home, peregrine falcons ate less pigeon In this story: science, birds, wildlife
The IPCC Says There’s Still Time. So Now What? By Heather Smith March 23, 2023 The report is full of warnings—and a whole lot of hope for the future In this story: science, climate change, international climate policy
Weaponized Juvenile Techno-Tortoises By Leonie Sherman March 19, 2023 The gamification of desert tortoise protection In this story: wildlife, science, endangered species
Yes, You Can Line-Dry Clothes in the Dead of Winter By Jen Rose Smith March 9, 2023 The science of letting your chonies freeze In this story: science, energy efficiency, home, lifestyle
The Mysterious Death of the Bumblebee Queens By Niko Zlotnik March 6, 2023 Bumblebee colonies are being used by farms to pollinate—with unexpected consequences In this story: science, insects, agriculture
The Hydrogen Rainbow, Explained By Heather Smith May 14, 2023 Hydrogen itself is a nice, clean fuel—how it's made can be the problem In this story: clean tech, science
The Forests of the Sierra Nevada Are Full of Zombies By Grace van Deelen March 1, 2023 They’re big, they’re beautiful, they’re too hot to have babies. What next? In this story: science, climate change, forests