Water War: Is Big Agriculture Killing Brazil’s Traditional Farms?
Algacir Schadeck snaps a fat ear of corn off a dry corn stalk in western Bahia, one of Brazil’s leading…
A Waterway Project in Brazil Imperils a Vast Tropical Wetland
It takes 14 hours for Lourenço Pereira Leite to reach his fishing spot. He and his brother-in-law chug along in…
Amazon Under Fire: The Long Struggle Against Brazil’s Land Barons
Last October, when former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, in Brazil’s national election,…
Rethinking Monarchs: Does the Beloved Butterfly Need Our Help?
To help the monarch butterfly, Texas writer Charlie Scudder decided to home-rear its caterpillars. Checking the milkweed in his garden…
Why Methane Is a Large and Underestimated Threat to Climate Goals
A sudden surge in methane emissions is threatening to undermine international efforts to halt planetary warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius.…
Silencing Science: How Indonesia Is Censoring Wildlife Research
Are Indonesia’s orangutans and other iconic endangered species on track for extinction, or enjoying a recovery under the country’s current…
Pollen and Heat: A Looming Challenge for Global Agriculture
Last June, Aaron Flansburg felt the temperature spike and knew what that meant for his canola crop. A fifth-generation grower…
Avian Flu Outbreaks in Marine Mammals Mark New Era for Deadly Virus
Last June, the phones at Marine Mammals of Maine began ringing — a lot. People walking the craggy shoreline of…
How Warming Ruined a Crab Fishery and Hurt an Alaskan Town
On a normal winter day on St. Paul, an island in the Bering Sea some 300 miles off the Alaskan…
The Vanishing Rio Grande: Warming Takes a Toll on a Legendary River
Hiking through the emerald green canopy of the bosque, or riverside cottonwood forest, near downtown Albuquerque, Tricia Snyder, an advocate…