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SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Has Onondaga Lake, formerly the most polluted lake in the nation, really been cleaned up?
Low lying mountains lie in the distance across a large bay. The water is a distinct pink color as a result of the salt content.

A place that holds many memories: The Salinas Pink Salt Lagoon. (fazeful/Istock license)

The Greenzine
Revisiting of place from my childhood, Salinas Beach. Now, I worry for the ecological health of these beautiful landscapes.
Jesmond Sammut stands with four other men from Papua New Guinea in a lush green environment.

Jesmond Sammut, pictured center-right, in Papua New Guinea with members of the Bihute Fish for Prisons program. (Photo courtesy of Jesmond Sammut)

Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury College
In this audio story, University of New South Wales Professor Jesmond Sammut explains the transformative power of his aquaculture and fish farming research in Papua New Guinea.

(Photo by Jonathan Lavan)

George Washington University
How will rising marine temperatures in the Gulf of Maine affect lobstering, my community's culture, and my state's economy? 

An ancient old-growth redwood forest along California's northern coast. Changes to forestation on the West Coast may have downstream effects on temperatures and precipitation in the Mississippi River Basin. (Halley Hughes)

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona
In this podcast, I chat with Jose Soto, Ph.D. about his work in Ecoclimate Teleconnections and the importance of communicating complex scientific ideas to a wider audience. 
Medill News Service
Antarctica took center stage recently, as emperor penguins were designated a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited the continent.
A pick-up truck drives through a flooded intersection during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

A pick-up truck drives through a flooded intersection during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. (Jill Carlson/Attribution 2.0 Generic)

The George Washington University
I used to celebrate flash floods as signals of sleeping in and days off from school. Now, I fear the next Hurricane Harvey.
A group of people walk down a path lined with tall plants. Signs on either side of the maze entrance usher maze-goers inside.

Maze-goers walk through the entrance of the At’l Do Farms maze made up of seven different crops designed to reduce the amount of water required to grow in a drought-stricken West Texas landscape. (Katie Perkins)

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University
How one West Texas family created a sustainable and drought-tolerant crop maze to save a beloved fall tradition from drying out.
An extreme close up of a tiny robotic bee perched on the end of a toothpick.
George Washington University
Robotic bees are being developed to study buzz pollination and help support the conservation of declining bee populations across the globe.
A vast landscape of hills and ice in Greenland.

Greenland's ice sheet is slowly melting. Several sought-after resources are becoming increasingly available as a result. (Mia Rosenblatt)

George Washington University
As the vast Greenland Ice Sheet melts, mining for heavy metals, withdrawals of sediment, and the use of Northern trade routes may expand.

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