The Magazine of The Sierra Club
ICYMI: Cocaine Concrete, Snowbound California, Swimming Lions & Cheetahs Sometimes Prosper
A weekly roundup for busy people
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climate change
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The Forests of the Sierra Nevada Are Full of Zombies
They’re big, they’re beautiful, they’re too hot to have babies. What next?
“Harvest of Survivors”: 30 Years After Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”
Into the HistoFuture Butlerverse
Ski Resorts’ Snowmaking Quandary
Mild winters and energy-intensive snowmaking are in a positive feedback loop
ICYMI: Teen Hedgehog, London Beavers, Cacti in the Alps & Superbloom Is Back
A weekly roundup for busy people
In this story:
climate change
Will the Biden Administration Greenlight ConocoPhillips’ “Carbon Bomb”?
The Alaska project, known as Willow, would be the biggest oil and gas development on federal land
ICYMI: Woodpeckers’ Stolen Stash, Negative 108° in New Hampshire, Inflation-Proof Grazing & Trash Storks
A weekly roundup for busy people
In this story:
climate change
Is Traveling to Antarctica Environmentally Defensible?
Experts are sounding the alarm about travel to the icy continent
Sea Stars Threatened by Intensifying Marine Heat Waves
This keystone predator may build up tolerance to some stressful events, but rising temperatures still pose a risk
Campaign Urges Agencies to Keep Big Trees Standing
Key forests are identified that are crucial to honoring old-growth executive order
