Category Archives: Species loss

Sharks: The Ultimate Keystone Species?

Sharks, in a zeitgeist of top predator-worship and science triumphalism.

Quaking Aspen: The Keystone Species that Clones Itself

The world’s oldest and heaviest living being is an aspen clone!

Beavers, the Landscape, Carbon, Methane, and Climate Change

Beavers engineer the landscape to create carbon sinks and methane sources. What to do?

Lessons from the First New Deal for the Next One

Whether it is called “Build Back Better” or a Green New Deal, it is imperative to reject the false dichotomy of “jobs against climate.”

America Needs New Infrastructure to Survive, But Will Biden Deliver?

What will come of Biden’s grand infrastructure plans? And will they be as green as he promised?

Coming Attraction: IPCC’s Upcoming Major Climate Assessment

Another set of blockbuster IPCC reports are in the works. What to expect?

Green Growth vs Degrowth: Are We Missing the Point?

A broad discussion of the climate change growth versus degrowth debate and how to move forward despite those differences.

College Enrollments Drop Due to Covid, Adding to Budget Damage

College enrollments fall, consistent with predictions that Covid would hit them hard.

Alejandro Nadal, a Giant in Global Conservation

A tribute to Alejandro Nadal, who fought for elephants and against wildlife trafficking and environmenal degredation.

The Dead Zone Downstream: Gulf Edition

The cost of modern agriculture, as measured by a growing oxygen-free patch in the Gulf of Mexico.

New Songbirds Discovered in Indonesia

Scientists announce discovery of ten new types of songbirds on a cluster of tiny Indonesian islands close to the Wallace Line.

A Theory or Two of These Grim Times

A theory about why things are a mess.

For National Cat Day: The Very Latest in Feline Science

What Is The Best Way To Pet a Cat? What Is It With Cats and Boxes? And so forth.

UN High Seas Treaty Looks Set to Founder

Stage three of UN negotiations on a conservation treaty for the high seas would up last week without “a serious commitment”; prospects for a final agreement remain weak.