Environment

The Nielsens' sheep farm sits on the edge of a fjord in southern Greenland. The family has owned and run the farm since 1972.

In A Warming Greenland, A Farming Family Adapts To Drought — And New Opportunities

4:51pm December 07, 2019

by Jackie Northam

Kunuk Nielsen and his brother Pilu grew up on a sheep farm in southern Greenland. Kunuk has decided to remain on the farm. Pilu gives helicopter tours to visitors, who are arriving in greater numbers.

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Biologists pile recently dead mussel shells on the edge of the Clinch River after documenting the species' number and type. The smell can get "real bad," says biologist Rose Agbalog.

Nature's 'Brita Filter' Is Dying And Nobody Knows Why

2:27pm December 06, 2019

by Nathan Rott

A mysterious die-off of freshwater mussels has scientists scrambling to find a cause. Freshwater mussels clean water and provide habitat to countless other species.

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The specter of climate change affects all of us, including the artists we look to for hope.

Music For Our Emergency

11:22am December 05, 2019

by Grayson Haver Currin

No, songs addressing climate change aren't new. But the new music that does seems animated less by a sunny streak of mainstream activism, and more by a certain feeling we all seem to be sharing.

Why Freshwater Mussels Are Dying

5:07am December 05, 2019

by Nathan Rott

A mysterious die-off of freshwater mussels has biologists scrambling to figure out a cause. Freshwater mussels are critical to river ecosystems and to U.S. water supplies.

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The Tennessee Aquarium says a system connected to an electric eel's tank enables his shocks to power strands of lights on the nearby tree.

Noeel: Electric Eel Lights Up Christmas Tree In Tennessee

5:52pm December 04, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Every time the electric eel named Miguel Wattson releases a jolt of electricity, a festively decorated Christmas tree next to his tank at the Tennessee Aquarium flickers and glows.

Jane Fonda, Sheryl Crow Headline "Empower Party" In Atlanta For Youth

Jane Fonda On Climate Change And Civil Disobedience

12:48pm December 04, 2019

The Hollywood icon trades the red carpet for the Capitol steps.

How To Live On A Disappearing Island

12:47pm December 04, 2019

Climate change is making Isle de Jean Charles an unlivable place in Louisiana.

Angela Haseltine Pozzi founded Washed Ashore in 2010. The nonprofit turns plastics taken from Oregon's beaches into eye-opening sculptures of threatened marine life.

On The Oregon Coast, Turning Pollution Into Art With A Purpose

11:58am December 04, 2019

by Kirk Siegler

A local artist is turning the mountains of plastic garbage that wash up on beaches into dramatic sculptures of the very marine life threatened by the deluge of plastics.

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A load of wood enters a wood pellet plant operated by Enviva Partners in Sampson County, N.C. Enviva is one of the largest producers of wood pellets in the U.S.

Europe Is Burning U.S. Wood As Climate-Friendly Fuel, But Green Groups Protest

6:28am December 04, 2019

by Dan Charles

In the search for alternatives to coal and gas, some European countries have turned to a very old fuel. They're importing wood from the United States. Some environmentalists say it makes no sense.

One of over 130 northern koalas (Phascol

No, Koalas Aren't 'Functionally Extinct.' But They Are In Danger.

1:53pm December 03, 2019

Amid a catastrophic fire season in Australia, what do we know about the fate of the koala?