Features
OIL CHANGE
The interests of big businesses, environmentalists, and society coincide more often than you might guess from all the mutual blaming. So who needs to change?
By Jared Diamond
FOUR FUTURES
The seeds of the future are to be found in the extremes of the present. So our wildest ideas are the ones that give us insights into the surprises of the next few decades.
By Erik Ness
THE LOOK OF SUCCESS Cover Story
In the wake of successful wolf reintroductions, managers who once fervently defended wolves are now faced with killing them. Are we
ready for modern predator management?
By Jim Robbins
Innovations
SEQUENCING THE OCEAN
Genomic techniques revolutionize our view of marine biodiversity.
By Nancy Bazilchuk
GOOGLE SCALES THE IVORY TOWER
New search engine throws open the doors to scientific literature.
By Nancy Bazilchuk
BUSINESSES COME CLEAN
New initiative sets global standards for sustainability reporting.
By Nancy Bazilchuk
Numbers in Context
MUDDY WATERS
We’re increasing sediment in the world’s rivers, yet only a tiny fraction of it ever reaches its coastal destination. Without dams, the picture would be dramatically different.
Essay
THE ILLUSION OF SCIENTIFIC TRUTH Print Only
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Journal Watch
Testing the Effectiveness of Conservation Corridors
Endangered Native or Alien Invader?
Does Conserving Top Predators Protect Biodiversity?
Domestication Threatens Key Deer
Books
From Readers
YOUR LETTERS AND COMMENTS Print Only
Uneasy Chair
WHAT IF WE’RE WRONG?
by Jon Christensen