Waves crashing over an experimental sea wall built to protect homes during high tide in Isle of Palms, S.C., last year. Credit Mic Smith/Associated Press Perils of Climate Change Could …
Desmatamento na Amazônia dispara neste ano e chega a quase 8 mil km² A perda da floresta aumentou 29% no período de agosto do ano passado a julho deste …
Puya cahuachensis sp nov A Galan, J Montoya, J A Vicente & E Linares, Phytotaxa 283(3):286-290. 2016
E360 Video Contest Award Winner Chocolate in the Jungle: The Battle To Save a Disappearing Rainforest Stretching south from Panama through Colombia and into Ecuador, the Chocó Rainforest is one …
Americas | Tierra del Fuego Journal Shearing Sheep at the End of the World By TOMAS MUNITA and RUSSELL GOLDMAN Shepherds approaching shearing sheds in Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Credit …
NASA photos show Dead Sea dying The ancient, aptly named lake is shrinking at an alarming rate. Russell McLendon Satellite images show the Dead Sea shrink from 1972 to 2011. …
Are Trees Sentient Beings? Certainly, Says German Forester In his bestselling book, The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben argues that to save the world’s forests we must first recognize …
This Canadian town hosts over 1,000 polar bears every year ‘Polar Bear Town’ documents the famous annual migration. Michael d’Estries A character from the new Smithsonian Channel series. (Photo: ‘Polar …
Why Does Fall Foliage Turn So Red and Fiery? It Depends. By JOANNA KLEIN OCT. 25, 2016 Treetops near Song Mountain in Tully, N.Y., last week. Credit Lauren Long/The Syracuse …
Leaked map reveals chronic mercury epidemic in Peru People living upriver from gold-mining are the most contaminated, according to US-based scientists Fish from the River Madre de Dios in Peru. …