By Karla Mendes A yearlong investigation by Mongabay and Earthsight has uncovered new evidence of corrupt deals and illegal practices used by Brazil’s largest flooring exporter, Indusparquet, and its suppliers. From its headquarters in São Paulo to the…
Haiti: An island nation whose environmental troubles only begin with water
By Conrad Fox I’m messaging P., a Haitian friend and colleague, seeking an assist with this article. It’s about to publish, and I’ve asked him to help me get an interview with the country’s foremost hydrologist. I’m not comfortable writing a story abou…
2022: Another consequential year for the melting Arctic
By Sharon Guynup In August, I traveled aboard the icebreaker Kinfish to the Svalbard archipelago, north of the Arctic Circle. Invited to the bridge as we cruised fjords near the 80 parallel, I was transfixed by towering blue glacier walls, but was conf…
The mystery of narwhal behavior, solved by chaos theory
By Liz Kimbrough Narwhals are chaotic. At least, that’s what researchers thought until they developed a new math-based method to detect patterns in their seemingly irregular movements. Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are known as the unicorns of the sea d…
Faced with grouper, snapper decline, Indonesia adopts harvest strategy
By MAKASSAR, Indonesia — Indonesia is drafting a harvest strategy for snapper-grouper fisheries as part of a fisheries management plan for WPPNRI 713, the fisheries management area that borders the islands of Borneo, Sulawesi, Bali and Flores and encom…
Cleaning up our own backyard: Racism, speciesism and the environmental crises (commentary)
By Fanny Olsthoorn I am waiting for the moment when I will be evicted because trees will be planted where my apartment building is right now. I am also waiting for the moment when I will pay a fine for eating steak. I am waiting for the day I will be e…