Paving the Way for Backpack Climate Science: North Cascades Glacier Climate...
Forty years after Mauri Pelto began studying the glaciers in northern Washington, much has changed about the glaciers, the project and the people involved.
View ArticleAlaska Challenges Reinstated Protections for Tongass National Forest
A coalition of Alaskan groups have challenged the Biden administration’s reinstated rules to protect the Tongass National Forest, a major carbon sink that is crucial to Indigenous groups, local...
View ArticleDungeons, Dragons and Environmental Justice: Games Teach Kids Climate Action
A youth organization in Oakland, CA, is transforming a popular role-playing game into a vehicle for climate education and inspiration for the next generation.
View ArticleIncrease in West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melting Inevitable in 21st Century
Significant ocean warming and associated ice-shelf melting is unavoidable, even under the most ambitious future climate scenario, according to new research.
View ArticlePainting at the End of the Ice Age: An Interview With Artist David Rosenthal
An artist unintentionally captured glacial retreat for over forty years. An exhibit brings his paintings together to raise awareness of climate change.
View ArticleGrin and Bear It? Reintroducing Grizzlies to the North Cascades Provokes...
Decades after the last grizzly bear was seen in Washington State’s North Cascades, efforts to bring them back have been met with both enthusiasm and resistance.
View ArticleStickiness in Glacial Space and Time
What role do ice and glacial melt play in modern society? Icelandic anthropologist Gísli Pálsson reflects on a recent article that examines this question.
View ArticleA Grassroots Organization Stops Exploratory Drilling in Chile
David trumps Goliath in this battle over natural resources.
View ArticleDam Removal Spurs the Return of Salmon—and a Local Tribe’s Hopes of...
For the first time since dams were removed on Washington State’s Elwha River in 2014, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe was able to open a ceremonial and subsistence salmon fishery.
View ArticleA Virtual Reality Film That Makes the Climate Crisis Feel “Real”
'Once a Glacier' is about a girl who tries to save a glacier—and with it, forge new empathy for our fellow humans and planet.
View ArticleRising Wheat Prices and Unprecedented Demonstrations: Pakistani Protestors...
Since January, thousands of protestors in Gilgit-Baltistan, a glaciated region of northern Pakistan, have been demanding a restoration of a recently revoked wheat subsidy in a push for political...
View ArticleRivers Exposed by Glacier Retreat Fuel Competition Between Mining Industry...
Study finds that Canadian mining companies are staking claims on future salmon habitat emerging from the ice as glaciers retreat.
View ArticleIf Ice Could Talk: Environmental Personhood in Social Media
What if the environment could speak for itself? Would people listen? Some parody social media accounts are trying to find out.
View ArticleFor Good Measure: Scientists Collaborate to Track Sea Level Rise From...
Scientists who study both the ice sheets and nearby peripheral glaciers are working together to improve the accuracy of estimated sea level rise.
View Article‘Coal + Ice’ Exhibit Reflects the Interconnected Challenges of Climate Change
The Asia Society’s new immersive exhibit explores the vivid impacts of climate change on humans through art.
View ArticleIcelandic Glacier Runs for President, Sparking Rights of Nature Movement
As global efforts to recognize the legal rights of nature have increased, one campaign took an unusual approach: nominating a glacier for president.
View ArticleGlacier Flooding in Alaskan Capital Sets New Record
For the second year in a row, historic glacier floods have damaged hundreds of homes, cars and businesses in Juneau, Alaska.
View Article‘The Activist Humanist’ Calls for Collective Action in the Climate Crisis
One expert’s look at the intersection of climate activism, hope and the humanities.
View ArticleAt a Conference in Nepal, Indigenous-Led Research and Education Will Take...
An assembly later this month will showcase Indigenous contributions to addressing climate change and sustainable development through traditional knowledge and community-driven solutions.
View ArticleMountaineering, Death and Climate Risk in the Patagonian Andes
Patagonian mountaineers confront increased risk due to climate change as they seek to limit fatalities.
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