The Plastic Crust
The Same Sun And Moon Often I think I chose the wrong career. When I see anything about archeology and anthropology, I’m hooked. I’d do anything to be Dr. Indiana Jones. Attention Albert Lin from...
View ArticleWhen Nature Is Not Entirely Well, Can She Still Heal?
To protect is to heal At the heart of reclaiming our planetary health is healing. To heal ourselves, we must connect to supportive life on Earth. Clean air, water, soil, and more. We have known for...
View ArticleFrom Mountains to Caves: How I Found My Research Niche
Republished from the European Geosciences Union with a Creative Commons License. By Dr. Franziska Lechleitner Feature image: The mountains of “home” in upper Ticino, Switzerland. What makes you unique...
View ArticleMeaning as Nature’s Motivational Tool
[This post is the eighth in a multi-part series called Everything You Thought You Knew About Meaning is Wrong. To be in touch about it, you can always reach me at ericmaisel@hotmail.com or visit me...
View ArticleMaya’s Plastic Pollution Campaign
By Beatrice Olivastri and John Bennett (Ottawa) Ten-year-old Maya Thiru, who lives in the greater Toronto area (GTA), has turned a visit to the grocery store with her mom into a Friends of the Earth...
View ArticleTransformations: The End of the U.S. and the World as We Know It and The...
Part 2 The Warrior’s Journey Home In part 1, I talked about the reality that the U.S. and the rest of the world is out of balance with the laws of nature and we are headed for a crash. I...
View ArticleThe Fateful OceanGate Titan Voyage Foreshadows Our Collective Doom
A bunch of rich people ignoring warnings and ending up perishing. Sound familiar? It’s sort of like scientists warning us all we need to curb emissions drastically by 2050, or else be stuck on the...
View ArticleThe Green Revolution: Imagining a World With 50% Forest Cover
Forests play a critical role in sustaining life on Earth, providing us with clean air, freshwater, biodiversity, and a host of ecosystem services. However, deforestation and land degradation have put...
View ArticleEarth’s Core, Replete With Oceans and Cyclones, Is Being Demystified
By JONATHAN O’CALLAGHAN At the centre of Earth is a vast ball of metal, the planet’s core. While unreachable without the help of Jules Verne, it can be studied and plays a vital role for the world. The...
View ArticleWhat Happens if Someone Dies in Space?
By Emmanuel Urquieta, Baylor College of Medicine What happens if someone dies in space? – Guillermo, Palm Beach, Florida There’s no question that sending human beings to space is an extraordinarily...
View ArticleNew PBS Climate Series, “Evolution Earth,” Uncovers Remarkable Ways Animals...
ARLINGTON, Va. – Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023 – At the front lines of climate change, animals have a surprising story to tell in the newest PBS environmental docu-series, EVOLUTION EARTH. Premiering...
View ArticleThe Human Way
The Wolves in Our Pack – The Innovator The following 5-Part Series will examine men’s friendships; how we find them, how we cultivate them, and what they do for us, and our friends. Circa 1998 on a...
View ArticleHow Biodiversity Helps Address Climate Change
You’ve probably heard about climate change and know what biodiversity is, but did you know that they impact each other? Learn more. It’s biodiversity month – the perfect time to dive into the...
View ArticleUBCO Researcher Examines How Wildfires Can Transform Rivers
By David Trifunov After wildfire, the devastation to the landscape and communities is obvious and unforgettable. And now, a UBC Okanagan researcher is taking a different look at fire-impacted areas....
View ArticleThe Flying, Swimming and Tunnelling Robots Inspired by Nature
By GARETH WILLMER The Ornithopter in the sci-fi blockbuster film Dune resembles a helicopter crossed with a dragonfly. It’s no wonder why. Ever since humankind has imagined flight, pioneering engineers...
View ArticleBook Review: The Ripple Effects of Climate Breakdown in Nature
By Erica Goode There is a moment in Verdi’s Requiem when the hushed, somber tones that end the first movement give way to the lacerating chaos of the second. The Verdi scholar Julian Budden once...
View ArticleWhat Happens When We Stop the Abuse
I’m currently doing a 28 day challenge with Katie Boyd that’s all about physical, mental and spiritual health, getting back in balance, releasing things that no longer serve us and following an...
View ArticleThe Latest Youth Climate Lawsuit Tries a Novel Argument: The Unique...
By Katie Myers, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” California’s wildfire season gets worse every year for Avroh S. The smoke and grime...
View ArticleOld-Growth Forest Inventory Shows Promising Results
By Taylor Connelly Dear EarthTalk: How much “old-growth” forest is left in the U.S. today and what are we doing to protect it? —Paul Belaire, Chico, CA Scientists have found it tough to settle on a...
View ArticleEarth Isn’t the Only Planet With Seasons, but They Can Look Wildly Different...
By Gongjie Li, Georgia Institute of Technology Spring, summer, fall and winter – the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same time every year. It’s easy to take this cycle for granted...
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