The Revelator - Environmental News and Commentary
WEB3 days ago · ABOUT. 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.
Climate Disasters Are Coming. Are You Ready? • The Revelator
WEB1 day ago · The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA, has a fact sheet on managing stress after a disaster. The agency has a Disaster Distress Helpline that provides 24/7 crisis counseling and support. Call or text: 1-800-985-5990. After a disaster is an especially vulnerable time.
Portugal’s Deadly Wildfires Are Rooted in Its Authoritarian Past
WEB15 hours ago · Climate Change. October 9, 2024 - by Eden Flaherty. Wildfires tore through central and northern Portugal this September, burning more than 350 square miles in a matter of days. Nine people were killed. As many as 11,300 were affected, according to the European Union’s Copernicus system. While these are some of …
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.
Wildfire Data Is Flawed — Here’s How to Fix It • The Revelator
WEB2 days ago · The acreage burned by wildfire is likely increasing given the warming and drying climate and the abundance of fuels, but who knows to what extent, since the wildfire data is so skewed by the inclusion of the Forest Service intentional burns. This data issue also affects considerations of trends in fire severity, and that should be investigated.
Book of the Dead: The Species Declared Extinct in 2022
WEBJan 19, 2023 · That’s what happened in Tunisia, where this rare fish disappeared sometime around the 1990s or 2000s. It was listed under the IUCN Red list as a data deficient for many years but was declared extinct in 2022. Syzygium humblotii — This tree, a member of the myrtle family, hasn’t been seen in about 130 years.
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.
Coastal Restoration: Shifting Sand — for Better or Worse
WEBSeptember 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 …
The Revelator’s Top 12 Environmental Commentaries of 2021
WEBDecember 27, 2021 - by Tara Lohan and John R. Platt. This was a year a lot of stuff got done — and a lot of former President Donald Trump’s environmental rollbacks got undone. Congress also pushed forward a big bill on infrastructure, with benefits for wildlife. The extinction crisis and efforts to protect biodiversity came into sharper ...
Are Botanists Endangered? - The Revelator
WEBSep 23, 2024 · The definitive downward trend, though, remains in the number of U.S. institutions offering botany or plant biology degrees — from 76 in 2002 to 59 in 2023. “Botany Ph.D.’s are disappearing,” says Kathryn Parsley, who got her Ph.D. in biology, not botany, even though her dissertation focused on plants.