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Left: Spain, 2021 (Ryan Bieber/Ithaca College) Right: California, 2019 (Andreas Haslinger/Unsplash)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Ithaca College
Friday, March 11, 2022
There are two huge mountain ranges, on two different continents, both of the same name. The similarities don’t end there either. Both are being increasingly affected by climate change.
Tags: Sierra Nevada, global change, climate change, wild fire, california, spain, storyfest2022
A part of the 1.35 million acre Bear Ears National Monument (Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Mangement/ Creative Commons)
Seattle, WA
Thursday, October 26, 2017
A major policy focus of Theodore Roosevelt was to preserve the natural beauty the United States, but that legacy is challenged by President Trump and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke.
Tags: National Monuments, preservation, Theodore Roosevelt, trump administration, Ryan Zinke
Shoreline cliffs at Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia. (Photos by Joshua Rosenstein/Middlebury College)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury College
Monday, October 17, 2022
Royal National Park provides a compelling example of how national parks around the world can better preserve Indigenous cultures.
Monday, December 12, 2011
A host of data point to one conclusion: Our increasingly hotter, drier planet is going to be a tough place to farm. Read This
The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona is one of the most-visited national parks. (Photos by Colton Stevens/Northeastern University)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Northeastern University
Wednesday, January 09, 2019
As our national parks suffer in the wake of the government shutdown, I reflect on why national parks matter to me, and why they should matter to you, too.
Tags: national park, nature, conservation, pfcorrespondent, Environment, #findyourpark, storyfest2019
Tornado damage in Louisville, Miss., in April 2014. (Maj. Andy Thaggard/National Guard)
University of Mississippi
Thursday, March 09, 2017
Vague tornado watches and warnings could soon become a thing of the past, thanks to research at the National Center for Physical Acoustics.
Tags: tornado, Extreme weather, weather, damage, storyfest2018
Eco-Business
Friday, March 09, 2018
Envisioning an inspiring future requires the right vocabulary to build this world — the upcoming "Loanwords to Live With" is a collection of ecotopian words that should exist in English to talk about the environment, but don't yet.
Tags: Language, ecotopia, future, sustainability, storyfest2018, Video
Katharine Mach. (Laura Whaling/Planet Forward)
State University College at Buffalo
Thursday, November 30, 2017
We sat down with Katherine Mach, a senior research scientist at Stanford University, to learn more about negative emissions technology, environmental assessment, and climate change response options.
Tags: expert voices, negative emissions, climate change, assessment, stanford, Technology, interview, Katharine Mach, research
The George Washington University
Friday, April 02, 2021
The aquatic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has slaughtered hundreds of amphibian species globally.
Tags: Storyfest 2021, Biodiversity, amphibians, fungus, ecological threat
Greg McGlinch owns Down Home Farms, a 450-acre family farming operation in Darke County, Ohio. “I hate seeing soil go down the creek because you’re losing a lot of valuable nutrients,” he said on June 26, 2021. “A lot of that you can’t put a monetary value on” (Photo by Jules Struck).
Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College
Friday, September 03, 2021
Interest in sustainable farming practices is building, and while independent and governmental conservation organizations can be good resources for promoting ecological practices, farmers say that swapping information peer-to-peer works best.