Tag: Environment

Hannah Ritchie shows that air quality in many countries has improved significantly over the years, with significant reductions in pollutants like sulfur dioxide. She argues that we can accelerate this process in the countries where it has not

Over fifty-one days, Johannes Fritz leads a flock of these unique birds on a migration from Germany to Spain, employing a microlight aircraft and a dedicated team of volunteers. Nick Paumgarten writes about these efforts that he describes as “quixotic.”

Building nuclear reactors is difficult and expensive. The industry is hopeful that using almost-exact copies of existing reactors can help keep costs down and prevent delays for new projects.

Factory farming is destructive to the environments that many people call their homes. When people take a stand and fight, though, they face harassment, intimidation, death threats, and social ostracism. Kenny Torrella reports on the stories of some who opposed factory farming, an...

Lawrence Freedman explores the legacy of resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation rich in minerals yet plagued by instability and poverty. He draws connections from colonial times to present-day conflicts, fueled by both greed and foreign interference. ...

Brett Huson explores the significance of the spirit bear (‘maas ol’) to the Gitxsan and Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nations. Indigenous oral histories suggest that the spirit bear's white fur is an adaptation to the environment during the last glacial maximum. Huson highlights the imp...

Emily McCullar reports on the aftermath of the Smokehouse Creek wildfire in the Texas Panhandle through the stories of rancher Adam Isaacs and his family. The fire destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres, killed thousands of cattle, and caused significant economic losses. This l...

Larissa Schiavo explores the evolution of indoor air quality from prehistory to modern times. This brief history reveals how our understanding of indoor air quality has progressed and why it remains a critical health issue today. We might be tempted to think that air quality was ...

Kali Wallace writes about the allure of large trees and magnificent fictional forests.

In the dry and fiery deserts of Central Asia, among the mythical sites of both the first human and the end of all days, I found evidence that life restores itself even on the bleakest edge of ecological apocalypse.