Microplastic Is Ruining the Beauty of Monterey Bay
Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty This story was originally published by Wired and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. California’s Monterey Bay is one of the more pure, more dynamic coastal ecosystems on Earth. Otters—once hunted nearly to extinction—float among towering kelp forests, which themselves have rebounded thanks to the booming otter population’s appetite for kelp-loving sea urchins.…
Mexico’s Monarch Butterflies Are in Grave Danger. Scientists Are Moving an Entire Forest to Save Them.
Monarch butterflies on a rock at the El Capulin Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Macheros, Mexico.Richard Ellis/ZUMA Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. Tree by tree, Mexican scientists are planting the first stages of a new forest in the mountains…
Killing Migratory Birds Has Been a Crime for Decades. Not Anymore.
Zach Gibson/Getty Images This story was originally published by Reveal and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under Republican and Democratic presidents from Nixon through Obama, killing migratory birds, even inadvertently, was a crime, with fines for violations ranging from $250 to $100 million. The power to prosecute created a deterrent that protected birds and enabled…
Heatwaves Are Sweeping Across the Oceans “Like Wildfires That Take out Huge Areas of Forest”
John Keeble/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The number of heatwaves affecting the planet’s oceans has increased sharply, scientists have revealed, killing swathes of sea-life like “wildfires that take out huge areas of forest.” …
A Photographer Reveals How a Shrinking African Landscape Leaves Little Room for Animals to Survive
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In Nick Brandt’s new book, This Empty World (Thames & Hudson), he explores the relationship between animals and humans that increasingly find themselves in one another’s way. “There is a very finite amount of space,” Brandt tells Mother Jones. “There isn’t room for both humans and…
A Photographer Placed African Animals Against an Industrial Landscape—And the Result is Mesmerizing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In Nick Brandt’s third book, This Empty World (Thames & Hudson) photographs animals as others might photograph people—shooting close, revealing portraits instead of more traditional wildlife images. His newest work in East Africa explores the relationship between animals and humans that increasingly find themselves in one…