Environment

National Park Nature Walks, Episode 9: Inside a Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Here is our next installment of a new pop-up podcast miniseries that takes your ears into the deep sound of nature. Host Jacob Job, an ecologist and audiophile, brings you inches away from a multitude of creatures, great and small, amid the sonic grandeur of nature. You may not be easily able to access these places amid the pandemic, but after you take this acoustic journey, you will be longing to get back outside.

Strap on some headphones, find a quiet place and prepare to experience a humid, salty morning full of birdsong inside the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana. 

Catch additional episodes in the series here. 

Conservation

To Save Bats and Their Habitats, We Must Protect the Land Rights of Indigenous People

In the Brazilian Amazon, as in many parts of the world, those who live on the land are best positioned to protect its biodiversity

Environment

Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Killed More Than One Billion Sea Creatures

The massive loss could destabilize local marine ecosystems

Climate

Australia's Criticisms of Proposal to List Great Barrier Reef as 'in Danger' Don't Stack Up

The UNESCO World Heritage Site is under pressure from pollution and climate change

Climate

Thawing Permafrost Is Artificially Chilled to Stabilize Alaska Oil Pipeline

Damage to support structures raises the threat of an oil spill in a delicate ecosystem that would be difficult to clean up

Climate

China Launches World's Largest Carbon Market: But Is It Ambitious Enough?

Experts welcome the trading scheme, but question whether it is up to the task of helping China achieve its climate goals

Environment

Cities Pledge More Green Space to Combat Urban Heat

Four U.S. municipalities—Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Seattle—were among those that signed on

Climate

Drought Threatens to Close California Hydropower Plant for First Time

Shutting down the plant, which has run continuously since 1967, would squeeze already tight electricity supplies

Climate

Space Has Better Internet Than Antarctica, but That Might Change

A proposed fiber-optic cable could make it easier for scientists to transmit crucial climate data

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