A Watershed Moment: How Boston’s Charles River Went From Polluted to Pristine A pair of mute swans is nesting not far from downtown, and the new head of the EPA is promising "durable" rules to protect the habitat. [...]
The West is burning. Climate change is making it worse. By Catherine Clifford – Jul 25, 2021 California’s largest active fire continues to burn Sunday after tearing through a small community overnight. The Dixie Fire, which [...]
The Amazon Now Emits More Carbon Than it Absorbs. Can We Ever Reverse That Tipping Point? By Ciara Nugent – Jul 21, 2021 BRAZIL-AMAZON-DEFORESTATION - A deforested piece of land in the Amazon rainforest [...]
Scientists are worried by how fast the climate crisis has amplified extreme weather By Angela Dewan, CNN – Jul 20, 2021 Until recently, climate change had been talked about as a future threat. Its frontlines were portrayed [...]
In Costa Rica, Fewer Tourists Have Led to a Rethinking of Conservation Efforts By MEGAN ZHANG - July 16, 2021 TOURISM AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS ARE OFTEN MARRIED IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN DESTINATION. The calls of [...]
Brutal heat wave persists in U.S. West as Oregon wildfire rages Sergio Olmos – July 12, 2021 The U.S. West endured a fourth day of scorching heat on Monday as temperatures again threatened to [...]
Two New Protected Areas in Nepal’s Himalayas By Madison Lemelin – Dec 10, 2020 Rainforest Trust and our long-time partner, KTK-BELT have recently created two protected areas in Nepal’s Himalayas totalling 261,557 acres––that’s one-third [...]
In the Colombian Andes, a forest corridor staves off species extinction By Veronika Perkova - July 2, 2021 Recognized as one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, the tropical Andes host more than 10% [...]
Top positive environmental stories from 2020 By LIZ KIMBROUGH - Dec 30, 2020 2020 was a difficult year for many, but positive stories emerged. This year, species were brought back from the edge of [...]
Forests of the Living Dead The highly engineered rivers that sustain California cities and farms upset streamside woodlands’ relationship with groundwater, a new study finds, jeopardizing their future in a changing climate. By Liza Gross - July 6, 2021 [...]
