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People&Planet
November 5, 2018
No one had reported seeing the strange creature – a cross between a bear and a monkey – since before the Great Depression. Then, this past summer, an... Read More
October 15, 2018
Stanford scientists have revealed the presence of water stored within a glacier in Greenland, where the rapidly changing ice sheet is a major... Read More
October 4, 2018
The global transition to low-carbon economies is dramatically transforming the investment landscape, especially in the enormous sectors of energy,... Read More
October 2, 2018
As Hurricane Florence ground its way through North Carolina, it released what might politely be called an excrement storm. Massive hog farm manure... Read More
October 1, 2018
As environmental challenges become increasingly complex, the need for broadly focused approaches grows. That calls for an entirely new community to... Read More
September 26, 2018
Each sunrise in Las Cruces, Costa Rica, River Ingersoll’s field team trekked into the jungle to put the finishing touches on nearly invisible nets. A... Read More
September 18, 2018
Shuddering and unable to breathe, he vomited up five plastic bags. The small pilot whale, found in a Thai canal this past June, is another symptom... Read More
September 17, 2018
Consider Roger Federer.
The world’s most dominant male tennis player provides a meaningful analogy for climate change’s destabilizing impacts,... Read More
