The Revelator - Environmental News and Commentary
WEB6 days ago · ABOUT. The Revelator, an environmental news and commentary initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity, provides editorially independent reporting, analysis and stories at the intersection of politics, conservation, art, culture, endangered species, climate change, economics and the future of wild species, wild places and the planet.
Tree Cutting in Egypt: The Desertification of Governance
WEB12 hours ago · The tree-cutting phenomenon illustrates the authoritarian traits of Egypt’s political system: a lack of public participation in decision-making, weak oversight mechanisms, failed planning and governance, and the prevalence of class discrimination. The phenomenon signals a growing injustice and …
Coastal Restoration: Shifting Sand — for Better or Worse
WEB2 days ago · September 30, 2024 - by Melissa Gaskill. Coastal beaches are dynamic systems. Wind, waves, and currents constantly move sand around, enlarging a beach here, narrowing one there. Storms make more drastic changes, sometimes washing away or depositing entire beaches. When humans build houses, roads, hotels, and other structures on or near beaches ...
How We Got Here: Ecological Restoration’s Surprising History
WEBJune 15, 2022 - by Tara Lohan. Rising carbon emissions. Heatwaves and wildfires. Supercharged storms. Environmental headlines these days can be bleak — and with good reason. But a new book proposes an antidote. “There is hope to be found in ecological restoration,” writes Laura J. Martin in Wild by Design. If we want to save threatened ...
About The Revelator
WEBExpert Commentary. The Revelator welcomes engaging, thought-provoking, quality think pieces, op-eds and other contributions from activists, academics, scientists, policymakers, attorneys and other experts.. Our readers tend to be both educated about environmental issues and personally or professionally involved in them, so our commentaries speak to that experienced, well-versed audience.
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WEBSep 16, 2024 · In France, One Group Seeks to Do the Unthinkable: Unite the Climate Movement. In response government officials labeled Earth Uprisings “eco-terrorists” — continuing a worldwide strategy of criminalizing protest. …
An Emerging Threat to Conservation: Fear of Nature
WEBMar 13, 2020 · John R. Platt is the editor of The Revelator.An award-winning environmental journalist, his work has appeared in Scientific American, Audubon, Motherboard, and numerous other magazines and publications.His “Extinction Countdown” column has run continuously since 2004 and has covered news and science related to more than 1,000 endangered species.
The Species That Defined Our Year • The Revelator
WEBDec 29, 2021 · John R. Platt is the editor of The Revelator.An award-winning environmental journalist, his work has appeared in Scientific American, Audubon, Motherboard, and numerous other magazines and publications.His “Extinction Countdown” column has run continuously since 2004 and has covered news and science related to more than 1,000 endangered species.
Are Botanists Endangered? - The Revelator
WEBSep 23, 2024 · The definitive downward trend, though, remains in the number of U.S. institutions offering botany or plant biology degrees — from 76 in 2002 to 59 in 2023. “Botany Ph.D.’s are disappearing,” says Kathryn Parsley, who got her Ph.D. in biology, not botany, even though her dissertation focused on plants.
Conservation Works — and Science Just Proved It • The Revelator
WEBMay 13, 2024 · Science just proved it: Conservation efforts around the world are working. According to a study published April 26 in the journal Science, human efforts to help endangered and at-risk species have proven overwhelmingly successful at improving their status.. The researchers — 33 authors from universities and conservation groups — examined 186 studies that measured the effectiveness of ...