The Revelator - Environmental News and Commentary
WEB3 days ago · John R. Platt. 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 …
Coastal Restoration: Shifting Sand — for Better or Worse
WEB6 hours 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 ...
Species to Watch in 2023 - The Revelator
WEBJan 3, 2023 · 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.
This Month in Conservation Science: The Eagles Who Ate the Lions
WEB3 days ago · Extinction Countdown. September 27, 2024 - by John R. Platt. Science doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Good science builds on what came before and enables the next wave of knowledge — and real-world applications — to be built on it. But for that to happen, new discoveries first need to get out into the world. And that can be tough.
Mining Policy Must Be Reformed • The Revelator
WEB5 days ago · September 25, 2024 - by Sam Orndorff. The first time I visited Peehee Mu’huh, mining for lithium had already begun. I was there in the fall of 2023 as part of my work with People of Red Mountain, descendants of the Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe who lead the movement against extraction on this sacred landscape.
Welcome to The Revelator • The Revelator
WEBMay 17, 2017 · 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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.