Natural History

Satellite image of a thick grey plume of smoke from the Jasper wildfire complex rising bottom left to top right of frame.

Wildfires Like Jasper’s Must Lead to Change

My family has deep Jasper roots. What we’ve lost to wildfire makes me determined to fight the climate crisis.

Roberta Laurie

August 28, 2024 - 8 min read

An orca peeks above the water in the Boundary Pass international shipping channel, near the BC coast, near a cargo ship.

BC Natural History

Gulf Island Whale Watchers Collect Data and Create Community

Joining the Southern Gulf Islands Whale Sighting Network eased my feelings of helplessness about environmental threats.

Sofia Osborne

May 22, 2024 - 9 min read

A person wearing brown shoes stands at a red heart with yellow lines radiating from it drawn on a concrete sidewalk.

Climate Change Kids & Parenting

The Pain of Parenting Through the Climate Crisis

From heat domes to polar vortexes, the last year made the climate crisis heartbreakingly real in BC.

Christina Myers

July 19, 2022 - 9 min read

A concrete dam sits in a valley in Kashmir. The sunlit mountain to the left is rocky and dotted with golden grass and trees.

Energy Human Rights

Green Power at any Cost?

India’s plan to build seven new hydro dams in Kashmir will hurt ecosystems and Indigenous communities.

Safina Nabi

June 14, 2022 - 8 min read

The rubble of a house destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in front of a still partly standing pink house in The Bahamas.

Climate Change Natural History

It’s Time to Rethink Disaster Relief

After Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, I worried humanitarian aid might contribute to other disasters.

Alicia Wallace

September 01, 2021 - 8 min read

Under a blue sky, glacial ice extends into the distance between two immense mountains in Alberta's Athabasca Glacier.

Climate Change Natural History

Once the Glaciers Disappear, We Can’t Get Them Back

My parents took me to see the Athabasca Glacier as a kid. By the time my children grow up, it could be gone.

Lindsay Kneteman

February 19, 2021 - 8 min read

Tree-covered hills in California's Santa Cruz Mountains appear under an orange haze caused by wildfire smoke.

California Climate Change

When Wildfire Smoke Clears, Its Impacts Remain

A Sacramento resident reflects on the long-term impacts of living in a cloud of smoke.

Jesse Kathan

November 25, 2020 - 9 min read

A small school of fish swim above a red sea anemone near Koh Tao, Thailand.

Climate Change Natural History

Stitching Together Coral Reefs

My lifelong love of the ocean took me underwater to the front lines of tropical reef restoration.

Mika Laulainen

October 16, 2020 - 8 min read

A fire burns a patch of ferns and trees in the Amazon rainforest, releasing thick smoke into the air.

Climate Change Indigenous

When the Amazon Burns, We All Lose

Last year’s Amazon fires took so much — from all of us.

Lola Méndez

August 05, 2020 - 8 min read

A young woman wearing a cap, vest, and black pants uses a shovel to dig soil on a grassy hillside in Los Angeles.

California Cities

In Urban Nature, I’ve Found a Home Away from Home

Among Indigenous elders and my fellow immigrants, I’ve put down roots at a nature center in Northeast Los Angeles.

Dana Poblete

August 15, 2019 - 9 min read

Rolling hills in California, covered in golden grass and dotted sparsely with low trees, under a cloudless blue sky.

California Natural History

California’s Lying Fields of Gold

What happens when you learn a beloved landscape has a troubling history?

Jessie Szalay

March 22, 2018 - 14 min read