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Take a journey with me through the environmental and nature news of the day — and the eco-ethical issues nature-travel presents. I'll ask the questions we nature enthusiasts struggle with and invite you to comment with your opinions and viewpoints.

25/02/2025

Just how much of our natural resources do our lifestyles require? Can we adapt them to stay within the limits of what the Earth can give? Science—and a worldwide strong public trust in scientists—can point the way.

How do we adapt our lifestyles to the limits of the Earth’s ability to give? Science can point the way; and, luckily, public trust in science is still strong.

18/02/2025

Nighttime light pollution is bad for us and wild animals—it could even be causing smaller eyes in some birds. And since we now know birds use symbolic gestures, having good sight could have far more implications for birds than we realize.

Nighttime light pollution is bad for both us and wild animals—it could even be causing an evolutionary adaptation for smaller eyes in some birds.

11/02/2025

2024 has officially taken over the title of hottest year on record from the former titleholder, 2023. The term “hydroclimate whiplash” is now being used to describe the rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather that have increased due to climate change, with further large jumps expected as warming continues.

2024 was the hottest year on record. And “hydroclimate whiplash”—rapid swings between severely wet and extremely dry weather—will worsen as warming continues.

04/02/2025

Despite the downsides of social media users encroaching on natural habitats, photography can be an incredibly powerful conservation tool, cultivating and enhancing nature-based connections and providing opportunities for education and stewardship.

Despite the downsides to social media users encroaching on natural habitats, photography can be an incredibly powerful conservation tool.

28/01/2025

Ancient rock-art in Finland was not only a passive art gallery, but a dynamic environment where sight, sound and spirituality converged. And a new discovery in Scotland lets us hear a five-century-old hymn.

Ancient rock art in Finland provided an acoustic environment where sight, sound and spirituality met. In Scotland, an old text lets us hear a 500-year-old hymn.

21/01/2025

When Mount Saint Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. But after the blast, gophers dropped onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours caused beneficial repercussions that are still visible 40 years later. In contrast, wolves returning to Washington have had less of an impact in the state than anyone predicted.

Gophers on Mt. Saint Helens had a beneficial effect that’s still visible 40 years later. However, Washington state wolves had less of an impact than predicted.

14/01/2025

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes listing several giraffe subspecies on the U.S. Endangered Species List. If enacted, it will be the first time that these long-necked, socially complex mammals receive federal protections in the United States.

Five giraffe subspecies could soon be listed on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It would mark the first time that giraffes receive federal protections.

07/01/2025

Globally, textile waste each year weighs 92 million tons, and this could double by 2030. Here are some innovative ideas to make our clothing more sustainable and practical for our warming world.

Globally, annual textile waste weighs 92 million tons and could double by 2030. How do we make clothing more sustainable and practical for our warming world?

31/12/2024

There’s good reason to love nature. A peaceful walk through a natural setting can reduce anxiety and stress and enhance attention. And nature prescriptions would help more of us with our mental and physical health needs. I predict we’re going to need a lot of nature in 2025.

Walks in nature can reduce anxiety and enhance attention. I predict more of us will need nature prescriptions in 2025.

24/12/2024

It turns out that people are kind by nature. Around the world, we signal others for assistance every couple of minutes—and we comply with those requests most of the time.

It turns out that people are kind. Around the world, we ask others for help every two minutes—and surprisingly, we comply with most of those requests.

17/12/2024

Researchers are working to untangle the ecosystem impacts that geese and reindeer are having on a changing and vulnerable Arctic. And in the boreal forest of Western Canada, deer are pushing farther north, which might be bad news for reindeer.

Both geese and reindeer are changing the vulnerable Arctic ecosystem. And in Canada’s boreal forest, deer are pushing farther north—bad news for reindeer.

10/12/2024

Like New Zealand mountain climber and Antarctic explorer Edmund Hillary, I have always felt the call of snow. I do hope it doesn’t go extinct. I want to believe that clean drinking water, the unearthly blue of glacial ice and high-diving foxes will always go on.

I hope snow doesn’t go extinct. I want to believe that clean drinking water, the unearthly blue of glacial ice and high-diving foxes will always go on.

03/12/2024

This holiday season, you may want to try an Icelandic custom: the “Christmas Book Flood.” Start by gifting a book to someone you love. Then, on Christmas Eve, close your laptop, turn off the TV, shut down your cell phone and grab a cup of hot cocoa. Begin reading a book of your own, and enjoy an idyllic evening far removed from our fast-paced society.

Iceland’s “Christmas Book Flood” is a seasonal publishing and gifting tradition that nourishes the country’s unique literary culture. Try it this year!

26/11/2024

While traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinners aren’t in danger of disappearing anytime soon, wild turkeys may be facing a difficult future. And it isn’t Rudolph’s red nose that helps reindeer find food during snowy Arctic winters but a unique eye adaptation.

Thanksgiving turkey dinners aren’t at risk, but wild turkeys are. And caribou find food in the snowy Arctic not by Rudolph’s red nose but by an eye adaptation.

19/11/2024

Like us, nonhuman animals live throughout a range of ages and stages of life. And, it seems, we’re just beginning to appreciate that fact. Humans, we now know, are not the only animals to change their social behavior as they age.

Like us, nonhuman animals live throughout a range of ages and stages of life. And we’re not the only animals to change our social behavior as we get older.

12/11/2024

Polar bears are in trouble: in a warming world, they may not be able to adapt to longer summers, they are increasingly being exposed to pathogens, and they’re experiencing more paw injuries. But biodiversity mapping of polar ecosystems could be the first step in understanding polar bears and protecting their habitats.

Polar bears may not be able to adapt to a warming world, but biodiversity mapping of polar ecosystems could help preserve polar life.

05/11/2024

We’re now in fall bird migration season. Climate change, however, has made this more than a one-size-fits-all proposition: some birds are struggling, some are learning to adjust with our help, and some are figuring out new routes all on their own.

Climate change makes fall bird migrations complicated: some birds are struggling, some are learning to adjust with our help, and some have it all figured out.

29/10/2024

Why are certain animals, such as bats and owls, so deeply associated with Halloween? Today, far from fearing them, science is showing us that we can learn a lot from them about how to improve our health and quality of life.

Bats and owls are closely associated with Halloween. But today, far from fearing them, we know they can teach us a lot about improving our quality of life.

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