forests

Opinion: The Logjam in Biden’s $50 Billion Dollar Wildfire Plan

Photo: Night operations on the Caldor Fire in September, 2021. Acacia England/USFS The administration’s plan to thin forests ignores an…

1 year ago

Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble. How Best to Save Them?

The Windy Fire burns in Sequoia National Forest in September 2021. Noah Berger / AP Photo California’s ancient sequoias —…

1 year ago

What Your Insurer Is Trying to Tell You About Climate Change

Illustration by Jared Bartman / The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Rawpixel. Insurers are trying to send a message. The government is…

1 year ago

Combining Science with Poetry to Protect Post-Fire Forests: the Activism of Maya Khosla

Photo: Jessica Layton. Maya Khosla has been selected to receive the Fund for Wild Nature’s Grassroots Activist Award for 2023.…

2 years ago

Forest defoliator outbreaks alter nutrient cycling in northern waters

Abstract Insect defoliators alter biogeochemical cycles from land into receiving waters by consuming terrestrial biomass and releasing biolabile frass. Here,…

3 years ago