How Six World Leaders Are Confronting Climate Change
The leaders told us how they are facing a warming planet in a world where international collaboration on climate change is fraying.
Environment & Sustainability
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Tied tides? Canadian towns battle it out over tidal world record
For years Nova Scotia’s Burntcoat Head Park claimed the highest tides, but now a challenger from the far north is seeking the title For visitors to Burntcoat Head Park in Nova Scotia, a scramble along the russet shoreline of the…
The rhinoceros, under siege but not lost
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For millennia, the rhinoceros stood as one of Earth’s great survivors, armored and immense, its bulk anchoring the landscapes of Africa and Asia.…
Climate Forward: Al Gore
The former vice president speaks to David Gelles about how the climate movement can move forward after President Trump’s rollback of key environmental regulations and where he finds hope as the planet continues warming.
Pennsylvania Was Once a National Leader in Renewable Energy. What Happened?
Natural gas was pitched as a stopgap between fossil fuels and renewables. Instead, it has derailed Pennsylvania’s energy transition. By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino Second in a series about rising electricity prices in Pennsylvania. Read the first story here.
Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus?
The first installment in our special Climate Week video series. Spoiler alert: Yes, AI is bad for the climate. AI’s computing power relies on massive data centers that use enormous amounts of electricity and water. The Trump administration wants that…
The people behind America’s disaster recovery
When a disaster strikes, be it a hurricane, flood, wildfire, or other type of extreme weather, an army of workers assemble. They arrive in waves to ravaged areas ready to respond. First in are the personnel trained to navigate the…
Voices from the land: Europe’s competition over Indigenous Sámi resources (commentary)
This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections on urgent issues shaping our time — environmental destruction, our…
EV trial among Bali east coast fishers shows promise amid headwinds
KLUNGKUNG, Indonesia — Many of the fishing boats here in Kusamba village leave behind the black sand in near silence as each jukung motors away from Bali’s east coast. “We’re on — it’s just not that loud,” boat captain Nengah…
Leopard sharks mating in the wild captured on camera for first time – video
The leopard shark ‘threesome’ between two males and a female was filmed by a university researcher off New Caledonia. Scientists believe it to be the world’s first recorded observation of two males of the globally endangered species mating in quick…