Written by: Erik Hoffner
January brought a pair of rough storms to the northeastern U.S. They hit when the tides were high and pushed higher than normal by rising sea levels, setting numerous high-water records and prompting Maine Governor Janet Mills to...
Written by: Kimberly White
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels is costing the world approximately $2.9 trillion each year, according to new research. Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) quantified the global...
Written by: Kimberly White
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has announced a new strategy to aid koala recovery following the bushfires that have razed New South Wales and Queensland. Bushfires have destroyed more than two million hectares in the...
Written by: Ahmed Raza, WWF-Pakistan
Nature has blessed Pakistan with adequate surface and groundwater resources. However, rapid population growth, urbanization, and the continued industrial development have placed immense stress on the water resources of the country.
The extended droughts...
Written by: Easkey Britton
As a lifelong surfer, born to pioneering surfing parents and named after a wave, the ocean has shaped my identity and sense of belonging. The movement and touch of ocean waves ignites a whole cascade of changes...
Written by: Martha O'Hagan Luff
Despite its green image, Ireland has surprisingly little forest. Across Europe, nations average around 35 percent forest cover but in Ireland the figure is just 11 percent, one of the lowest on the continent.
This hasn’t always been the...
Courtesy of Landscape News
Written by: Monica Evans
For the latest knowledge on water security in Africa, join the Global Landscapes Forum Accra, 29–30 October. Learn more here.
Makada, a farmer and mother-of-three in Ghana’s arid north, tends her collection of shea, cashew and...
Written by: Kimberly White
This story was originally published on May 11, 2019 and has been updated and republished in honor of Wildfire Awareness Month.
The Smokey Bear wildfire prevention campaign was launched in 1944 and is the longest-running public service...
Written by: Graham J. C. Underwood
I drafted this while looking north over the frozen Lincoln Sea, at the northernmost tip of Ellesmere Island in Canada. I was at Alert, a Canadian Forces Station which, at 82°N, is the...
Written by: Ryan Truscott
Four species of critically endangered vulture have returned to a park in southern Malawi from which they disappeared more than 20 years ago, and their comeback is credited to the reintroduction of cheetahs, lions and the...












