Liberal ViewQuote Symbol …Richard Swilley https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/14/naomi-klein-we-are-seeing-the-beginnings-of-the-era-of-climate-barbarism
California There's A Record Breaking Marine Heatwave Off The Coast Of CaliforniaForbes - Laura TenenbaumSea surface temperature anomaly maps show the current extent of the Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwave of 2019 off the US West Coast and Gulf of Alaska. Ocean temperatures above normal in orange and red.
Climate What If We Stopped Pretending?The New Yorker - Jonathan FranzenThe climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it. “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a
Grand Teton National Park These National Park volunteers are leaving their suburban lives to retire in the great outdoorsNBC News - NBCNews.comThe views at Grand Teton National Park are breathtaking – but can you imagine living there? If you’re looking to escape to the great outdoors, there are volunteers who live inside the nation’s parks. National
Hummingbirds 15 Ways Hummingbirds Are Even Weirder Than You ThinkPopular Mechanics - By Emily ShifferHumans have been hypnotized by hummingbirds ever since we arrived in the New World. The tiny creatures have a cult following, with many people placing feeders with bright red nectar in their yards to a
Environment Seven tonnes of marine plastic pollution collected on remote Arnhem Land beachThe Guardian - Adam Morton Environment editorFurther evidence that plastic does not discriminate as it spreads across the planet: the marine conservation organisation Sea Shepherd said it is washing up in large quantities on a remote Australian Sea
Geese These High-Flying Geese Are ‘the Astronauts of the Bird World’The New York Times - Devi LockwoodEach year, bar-headed geese migrate over the Himalayas from India, at sea level, to the Tibetan highlands in China and Mongolia. This journey includes an elevation change of more than 26,000 feet in eight
Forests Forest Bathing: Forget Weed, This is Colorado's Hot Mind-Bending TrendThe Daily Beast - Cassandra Brooklyn If you’re like me, maybe you’re thinking: ‘Forest bathing? Sounds like a bunch of hippies skinny-dipping in the woods.’ Wrong. Contrary to my own …
I Want To Eat Fish Responsibly. But The Seafood Guides Are So Confusing!NPR - Natalie JacewiczThis month, I ventured to ask the man behind the counter at a Whole Foods Market what kind of shrimp he was selling. "I don't know," he replied. "I think they're just normal shrimp." I glanced at the seafood
Long-form Journalism The air conditioning trap: how cold air is heating the worldThe Guardian - Stephen BuranyiOn a sweltering Thursday evening in Manhattan last month, people across New York City were preparing for what meteorologists predicted would be the hottest weekend of the year. Over the past two decades,
Plastic We're Buying Into a Giant Lie About PlasticVICE - Alex LubbenWant the best from VICE News in your inbox? Sign up here. The Philippines doesn’t want to recycle your low-grade plastic scrap anymore. Neither does China. Vietnam’s not thrilled about taking it either.
Amazon Rainforest Why Everything They Say About The Amazon, Including That It's The 'Lungs Of The World,' Is WrongForbes - Michael ShellenbergerThe dramatic photos shared by celebrities of the fires in Brazil weren’t what they appeared to be The increase in fires burning in Brazil set off a storm of international outrage last week. Celebrities,
Hiking The Best Vacations for Adventure SeekersForbes - Spenser MestelThis story was written in collaboration with Forbes Finds. Forbes Finds covers products and experiences we think you’ll love. Featured products are independently selected and linked to for your convenience.
Environment Massive pumice 'raft' spotted in the Pacific could help replenish Great Barrier ReefThe Guardian - Guardian staffA giant raft of pumice, which was spotted in the Pacific and is expected to make its way towards Australia, could help the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef from its bleaching episode by restocking millions
Science The Amazon Cannot Be Recovered Once It’s GoneThe Atlantic - Robinson MeyerThe fires blazing in Brazil are part of a larger deforestation crisis, accelerated by President Jair Bolsonaro. The Amazon is burning. There have been more than 74,000 fires across Brazil this year, and
Algae This t-shirt is 100% plant and algae. It biodegrades in 12 weeksWired UK - Sabrina Weiss Tons of clothes are thrown in the bin once they’ve been worn out. As most contain some sort of synthetic material, they cannot easily be recycled or …
Campgrounds The Best US National Park Campgrounds for Every TravelerBudget Travel - By Amy C. Balfour Whether you’re looking for a mountaintop meadow, a tall forest or a red-rock wonderland, there’s a national park campground to match your …
How Portugal Became the Epicenter of Sustainability for the Wine IndustryFortune While climate change is affecting every industry across the globe, the agricultural sector—wine in particular—is reeling from it. Wine growers …
Air Pollution Artificial tree promises to suck up as much air pollution as a small forestDigital Trends - Luke Dormehl Trees are nature’s way of cleaning the air, but they come with the downside of needing time in order to grow. A Mexican startup called Biomitech has …
27 Explorers on the Best Places They’ve Ever TraveledMen's Journal - Ashley Mateo Scroll through Instagram for 30 seconds and it’s pretty clear the world is full of epic destinations you have to see to believe. Unfortunately, most …
Beavers on the coast are helping salmon bounce back. Here’s how.National Geographic - Starre VartanThe arrival of beaver dams in the Pacific Northwest’s Elwha River delta may have surprising benefits. On a blue-sky summer day, threatened Chinook salmon leap from the Elwha River, in northwest Washington,
Coal 'Coal is over': the miners rooting for the Green New DealThe Guardian - Michael Sainato in Matewan, West VirginiaSet in a wooded valley between the Tug Fork river and the Mate creek, Matewan, West Virginia, was the site of the 1920 Matewan massacre, a shootout between pro-union coalminers and coal company agents
Komodo Here There Be Dragons. But Can They Survive an Invasion of Tourists?The New York Times - Hannah BeechKOMODO NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia — The Komodo dragon, a 10-foot lizard native only to a scattering of islands in Indonesia, flicked its forked tongue. Two boys were standing nearby, the perfect size for
'It makes me angry': is this the end for America's Joshua trees?The Guardian - Maanvi Singh in San FranciscoJoshua trees have dotted the Mojave desert for 2.5m years, but even if humans take urgent action to combat the climate crisis, their decimation is all but ensured by the end of this century, a study has
Giant river animals on verge of extinction, report warnsThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorPopulations of the great beasts that once dominated the world’s rivers and lakes have crashed in the last 50 years, according to the first comprehensive study. Some freshwater megafauna have already been
10 Amazing Arizona Slot Canyons and Utah Slot Canyonsnicolelabarge.com What is a Slot Canyon? Where can you find slot canyons in Arizona? Where can you find slot canyons in Utah? A slot canyon is a formed by rushing water …
Carbon ‘This May Be The Single Biggest Business Opportunity In Human History’Forbes - Devin ThorpeDownload the podcast via Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Spotify. Dr. Jonathan Foley, 50, executive director for Project Drawdown, joined me for a discussion about climate change (watch in the video player
'It feels like something out of a bad sci-fi movie'POLITICO - By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICHA top climate scientist quit USDA, following others who say Trump has politicized science. One of the nation’s leading climate change scientists is quitting the Agriculture Department in protest over Trump
Water in Hawaii volcano could trigger explosive eruptionsAssociated Press - By CALEB JONES, Associated PressHONOLULU (AP) — For the first time in recorded history, a pond of water has been discovered inside the summit crater of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, a development that could signal a shift to a more explosive
