Ghost gear enters the marine environment in a variety of ways.
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Critics Declared Veganism Dead in 2025. Here’s What Those Obituaries Are Missing.
The massive scale and influence of the meat industry shouldn’t be underestimated.
The massive scale and influence of the meat industry shouldn’t be underestimated.
Toxic Nation: How the US Government Allows Its Citizens to Be Poisoned
In the 1770s British subjects fought a revolution to be free from what they deemed tyranny.
In the 1770s British subjects fought a revolution to be free from what they deemed tyranny.
Declining Primate Numbers Are Threatening Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
We tend to think of debt as purely financial, but we can also reap what we sow in the natural world through what is known as extinction debt.
We tend to think of debt as purely financial, but we can also reap what we sow in the natural world through what is known as extinction debt.
Respecting Uncontacted Peoples Can Protect Biodiversity and Our Humanity (Commentary)
Deep within the remaining tropical forests of the world, the last uncontacted peoples live in near-total isolation.
Deep within the remaining tropical forests of the world, the last uncontacted peoples live in near-total isolation.
These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.
Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?
Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?
How Meat Became Cool Again in 2025
Plant-based meats and veganism had notable market and cultural success for over a decade, until 2025, when meat gained renewed attention, buoyed by influencer and political messaging and industry-backed campaigns and research.
Plant-based meats and veganism had notable market and cultural success for over a decade, until 2025, when meat gained renewed attention, buoyed by influencer and political messaging and industry-backed campaigns and research.
Shade Equity: To Understand the Problem — And the Solutions — Look to Tucson
Heat deaths here have soared 650% in the past decade. Addressing inequality will save lives.
Heat deaths here have soared 650% in the past decade. Addressing inequality will save lives.
‘Silent Epidemic of Chemical Pollution’ Demands Radical Regulatory Redo, Say Scientists
The researchers note that the full commercial formulations of common petrochemical-based pesticides and plasticizers have never been subjected to long-term tests on mammals.
The researchers note that the full commercial formulations of common petrochemical-based pesticides and plasticizers have never been subjected to long-term tests on mammals.
The Future of Humanity’s Past: U.S. Archaeology Confronts a Research Hinge Point
The long American century is over. Across the world, affiliations and institutions staked in blood and soil, faith-based (as opposed to empirically based) ways of knowing, and personalized, autocratic power are all in ascendance.
The long American century is over. Across the world, affiliations and institutions staked in blood and soil, faith-based (as opposed to empirically based) ways of knowing, and personalized, autocratic power are all in ascendance.
Birds, Bugs and Butterflies Netted in Global Seizures by Interpol
The operation exposes the “sophistication and scale of the criminal networks” involved in the illegal wildlife trade, Interpol secretary-general Valdecy Urquiza said in a press release.
The operation exposes the “sophistication and scale of the criminal networks” involved in the illegal wildlife trade, Interpol secretary-general Valdecy Urquiza said in a press release.
Will Autonomous Cars Actually Save the World?
My first time riding in an autnomous vehicle in San Francisco was a bit surreal.
My first time riding in an autnomous vehicle in San Francisco was a bit surreal.
What Happens When Disaster Recovery Becomes a Luxury Good
As federal services deteriorate, a patchwork of private companies is taking their place — for better or for worse.
As federal services deteriorate, a patchwork of private companies is taking their place — for better or for worse.
Illegal Fishing, Other Maritime Threats Cost Western Indian Ocean $1B a Year: Report
A second driver, piracy and armed robbery, is far less common now than in the early 2010s, but still requires protective measures that cost an estimated $164 million in 2021.
A second driver, piracy and armed robbery, is far less common now than in the early 2010s, but still requires protective measures that cost an estimated $164 million in 2021.
Report: Climate Is Central to Truth and Reconciliation for the Sámi in Finland
As Finland reckons with its historic mistreatment of the Indigenous Sámi people, climate change complicates the path forward.
As Finland reckons with its historic mistreatment of the Indigenous Sámi people, climate change complicates the path forward.
Elephant Seals Can Recognize the Voices of Their Rivals
Casey has been running a long-term study on elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in California’s Año Nuevo State Park for 16 years.
Casey has been running a long-term study on elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in California’s Año Nuevo State Park for 16 years.
