The Revelator - Environmental News and Commentary
5 days ago · 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 wild species, wild places and the planet. MOST READ.
‘Like a Phoenix,’ A New Forest Emerges From the Destruction in …
14 hours ago · November 12, 2024 - by Ruchi Kumar. A forest emerges in place of the Kakhovka Dam reservoir. Photo: Serhiiy Skoryk (used with permission) Russia’s bombing of Kakhovka Dam in 2023 killed hundreds of people and tens of thousands of animals, but it’s also provided a potential ecological reset. In the early hours of June 6, 2023, two large ...
From Observation to Action: How iNaturalist Spurs Conservation
January 8, 2024 - by Tara Lohan. A lot has changed since 2008. That’s when Ken-ichi Ueda turned his master’s project at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Information into a website called iNaturalist, which allowed people to post pictures and help identify species. Since then iNaturalist has grown as technology has evolved ...
Welcome to The Revelator • The Revelator
May 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.
Species to Watch in 2023 - The Revelator
Jan 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.
Darwin the Storyteller • The Revelator
Oct 11, 2024 · Less than a decade after Darwin published Origin, the German naturalist Ernst Haeckel recognized that Darwin’s stories of interspecies communities constituted a subject so innovative it deserved a new name.He coined the word Oekologie to describe it. We now think of ecology as a science, a field whose rigor and objectivity separate it from the more personal, fanciful, and emotionally charged ...
Left Out to Dry: Wildlife Threatened by Colorado River Basin Water ...
Sep 12, 2022 · Lost in much of the coverage of the region’s water woes is the ecological crisis caused by prolonged drought, climate warming and development. Wildlife. September 12, 2022 - by Tara Lohan. In the Colorado River basin, our past has come back to haunt us. We’re not just talking about the dead bodies emerging from the drying shoreline of Lake ...
About The Revelator
Expert 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 …
India’s Plans to ‘Develop’ Great Nicobar Island Threatens Its …
Nov 4, 2024 · India’s Plans to ‘Develop’ Great Nicobar Island Threatens Its Unique Wildlife and Indigenous Peoples. Critics argue the authoritarian government has rammed the project through with minimal environmental oversight and in violation of several laws.
The Future of Water - The Revelator
June 12, 2023 - by Tara Lohan. It’s time for a reckoning … with water. It’s central to our bodies, the planet, our modern lives, and yet we continue to use it unwisely, to pollute rivers, to overdraft groundwater, to dewater ecosystems, and to leave some of our fellow humans without this most basic necessity. Faced with mounting water ...