Christina Patricola, Iowa State University The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and forecasters are keeping a close eye on rising ocean temperatures, and not just in the Atlantic. Globally, warm sea surface temperatures that can fuel hurricanes have been off…
Albert C. Lin, University of California, Davis The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Sackett v. EPA that federal protection of wetlands encompasses only those wetlands that directly adjoin rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. This is an extremely…
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Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School and John Dernbach, Widener University…
Andrew King, The University of Melbourne One year in the next five…
At the same time, he has called himself a “great environmentalist”, touting successes in conservation, wildlife protection and the banning of some off-shore drilling. We have taken a look at what he has…
James R. Skillen, Calvin University Presidential elections are anxious instances for federal land businesses and the folks they serve. The Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…
Rebecca Niemiec, Colorado State University and Kevin Crooks, Colorado State University Colorado voters will determine on Nov. 3 whether or not the state ought to reintroduce grey wolves (Canis lupus) after an…
Craig Robert Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Breathing shortly in the skinny mountain air, my colleagues and I set down our gear. We’re at the base of a jagged outcrop that protrudes…
Roger Bales, University of California, Merced and Martha Conklin, University of California, Merced As California contends with its worst wildfire season in history, it’s extra evident than ever that land administration practices…
Mark Serreze, University of Colorado Boulder With the setting of the solar and the onset of polar darkness, the Arctic Ocean would usually be crusted with sea ice alongside the Siberian coast…
Michalea King, The Ohio State University Greenland is the largest island on Earth, and about 80% of it’s coated by a giant sheet of ice. Slowly flowing glaciers join this large frozen…
Robert J. Orth, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Jonathan Lefcheck, Smithsonian Institution, and Karen McGlathery, University of Virginia A century in the past Virginia’s coastal lagoons have been a pure paradise. Fishing…
Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; Ata Akbari Asanjan, NASA, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, McGill University Two wildfires erupted on the outskirts of cities near Los Angeles, forcing greater than 100,000 people to…
As 1000’s of Oregon properties burned to rubble final month, the state’s politicians joined the timber business in blaming worsening wildfires on the lack of logging. Echoing a long-standing perception in the…
