by Sarah DeWeerdt | Dec 4, 2018
Climate change brings earlier springtimes that can knock organisms out of sync with their environment and other species they depend on. Think of the snowshoe hare that still has its white winter coat even though the snow has melted, the insect pollinator that emerges... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Nov 27, 2018
Since the early 1990s, a growing number of conservationists have advocated for rewilding, a strategy in which key species are protected, introduced, or reintroduced in order to reshape an ecosystem into a less human-dominated state. The return of wolves to Yellowstone... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Nov 20, 2018
Climate change is likely to increase the prevalence of diseases transmitted by arthropods, and could even contribute to the emergence of new ones, according to two recent studies. The studies are the latest addition to a substantial body of research suggesting that a... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Nov 13, 2018
To the human eye, the Secunda Synfuels Operations plant in South Africa is an unremittingly industrial landscape. The plant, which produces liquid fuels from coal, has been described as the world’s largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions. But to a... 
by Sarah DeWeerdt | Nov 6, 2018
Urban life is stressful: some studies have found that mental health disorders are more common among people living in cities. Urban life is also sedentary, because many cities are designed around automobiles. On the flip side, a growing body of research suggests that... 
