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The onEarth 10

November 25, 2015 PerspectivesInternationalThe Editors

Think you can’t mix a healthy climate with a healthy economy? These business leaders and innovators are betting the world on the fact that we can.

What’s on the Table in Paris (Besides Croissants)?

November 24, 2015 Latest NewsInternationalBrian Palmer

The carbon-cutting pledges are already in. So what exactly are we still negotiating?

Our Finest Hour

November 23, 2015 PerspectivesInternationalJeff Turrentine

How can we save the world? During the U.N. climate conference, we can—and should—find our inspiration in history.

Advice and Resent

November 23, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

President Obama has cut the Senate out of the Paris climate change agreement. Cue the tantrums.

The Peanut Butter Solution

November 20, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier

A (tasty) plague-fighting vaccine for prairie dogs may give endangered black-footed ferrets a new lease on life.

Starved by the Sea?

November 17, 2015 PerspectivesCaliforniaAlisa Opar

Mass die-offs in the Pacific are sending the emaciated bodies of seabirds, seals, and sea lions ashore from California to Alaska.

Hot or Not?

November 17, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesPerrin Ireland

Coral reefs are beautiful—but only when they’re healthy.

Ursine Exodus

November 17, 2015 Latest NewsWestAlexis Sobel Fitts

Yellowstone’s grizzly bears are spreading out and expanding their range. Is it a sign of good health—or increasing desperation?

There’s No Such Thing as a Climate Change Refugee

November 16, 2015 ExplainerInternationalBrian Palmer

But there ought to be.

The Maple Leaf Lag

November 13, 2015 Latest NewsCanadaJeff Turrentine

Under Justin Trudeau, Canada has a chance to make amends for a decade of climate inaction. But if it’s ever to catch up, it needs to start right now.

Shot in the Dark

November 12, 2015 Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel

Mauritius is killing tens of thousands of vulnerable fruit bats.

Black Earth

November 11, 2015 PerspectivesUnited StatesBrian Palmer

Historian and author Timothy Snyder discusses climate change, genocide, and the ideology of Hitler.

Give Us Guano or Give Us Death

November 10, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Bat poop sustains entire ecosystems in places where they wouldn’t exist otherwise. So when bats go, many cave-dwellers go with them.

You Don't Know Jack(fruit)

November 9, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier

Prolific and nutritious, this funny-looking fruit could help feed the world.

Life After KXL

November 6, 2015 Latest NewsBrian Palmer

It's the end of the line for the Keystone pipeline (probably), but not for battles over tar sands and climate.

Man Bites Snake, News at 11

November 5, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Media reports about a remote island brimming with vipers raise the question: Why are we so quick to hate on snakes?

A River Ran Through It

November 4, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel

Scientists want to create a nationwide network of river corridors. Here’s why that’s not as crazy as it sounds.

Something's Hot in the State of Denmark

November 4, 2015 Latest NewsInternationalAlisa Opar

An 18-year survey hints at how global warming may be changing the face of Danish bugs.

Down in the Dumps

November 2, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesPerrin Ireland

As megafauna (and their huge fecal deposits) disappear, so do their important contributions to the earth’s nutrient cycle.

Sunken Treasure

October 30, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier

Shipwrecks are the main event at a newly proposed marine sanctuary, but scientists hope to find much more.