Stories
Mongabay
First Nation reclaims territory by declaring Indigenous protected area in Canada
The Mamalilikulla First Nation has declared part of its traditional territory on British Columbia’s Central Coast that it lost to colonialism to be an...
The Narwhal
More dikes and bigger dams could be a multi-billion dollar mistake: here’s how B.C. could ‘build back better’
A year after catastrophic floods in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, some are concerned the recovery is too focused on trying to fight water with bigger...
The Narwhal
Great Bear Rainforest ‘gift to the world’ came at our expense, says Kwiakah First Nation
It was heralded as a conservation coup, yet one First Nation finds its land — set within the region’s boundaries — facing the threat...
Psyche
She found the Mother Tree
Her science revealed that trees look after one another in the forest. Now, Suzanne Simard says, the only way to save the Earth is...
Scientific American
Hidden ‘Paleo Valleys’ Could Help California Survive Droughts
“Paleo valleys,” carved by ice age rivers and now underground, could provide spaces to recharge California’s depleted groundwater
The New York Times
California Could Capture Its Destructive Floodwaters to Fight Drought
Nature Outlook
De-paving Paradise
Cities are reducing the risk of flooding by preserving and restoring natural features both inside and beyond their urban footprint.
Nature Outlook
How Forest Bathing’ Keeps Lungs Healthy
Wooded environments release organic compounds that seem to improve respiratory health, but the magnitude and mechanism of the effect remains unclear.
Nature Water
To Solve Climate Change, We Need to Restore Our Sponge Planet
Climate strategies focus primarily on carbon, largely ignoring the destabilized water cycle that’s amplifying disasters and accelerating climate change. Slow Water projects can reverse...
Hakai magazine
Is Deforestation Supercharging Cyclones?
The airborne water cycle, destabilized by industrial logging and other land use, may be a hidden force behind growing superstorms.
Hakai magazine
How to Decolonize Conservation
Drawing on examples from existing conservation projects and their own experiences, Indigenous researchers are unpacking what a decolonized approach to environmental protection should look...
Hakai magazine
Letting the Sea Have Its Way
Welcome to Selsey, a community that welcomed back the marsh.
Hakai magazine
Making a Marsh out of a Mud Pile
In San Francisco Bay, scientists are looking for a better way to rebuild flagging marshland.
The Guardian
‘We can feel our ancestors’: one First Nation’s fight to save Canada’s old forests
The Wet’suwet’en Nation never signed treaties with the Canadian or provincial governments, yet their land was leased to timber companies
The Guardian
Slow water: can we tame urban floods by going with the flow?
As we face increased flooding, China’s sponge cities are taking a new course. But can they steer the country away from concrete megadams?
Nautilus
The Ocean Is Missing Its Rivers
For billions of years, rivers connected continents to the sea. Then we came along.
The Atlantic
It’s Really Hard to Rebuild a Marsh
Scientists hope a gentler approach can save those in San Francisco Bay.
Nautilus
Why We Need Muck to Fight Rising Sea Levels
We’ve starved marshes of their essential sediment—now can we repair them in time?
National Geographic
Seeking relief from dry spells, Peru’s capital looks to its ancient past
Fixing the 1,400-year-old system of shallow canals in the Andes above Lima would make more water available during dry seasons.
National Geographic
Unique elk in California may be killed under controversial plan
The National Park Service’s proposed plan for Point Reyes National Seashore would preserve ranching and cull tule elk within the park’s boundaries.