Exploring Humanity’s Place In the Journey of the Universe by : Yale Environment 360 …There’s starting to be a sense now that  there’s a moral issue about degradation of the environment, that there is something here that’s larger than us, something that’s given birth to all life forms and sustains us. And if we degrade [...]

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The Age of Man Is Not a Disaster – NYTimes.com Yes, we live in the Anthropocene — but that does not mean we inhabit an ecological hell. Our management and care of natural places and the millions of other species with which we share the planet could and should be improved.

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Fearing Climate Change’s Effects on the Adirondacks – NYTimes.com By LISA W. FODERARO A full moon rising over Osgood Pond near Paul Smiths, N.Y. More Photos » Mr. Jenkins, who is the author of the book “Climate Change in the Adirondacks: The Path to Sustainability,” spends much of his time on the water and in [...]

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Yale Environment 360: Younger Americans Disengaged On Global Warming, Survey Finds young Americans are just as divided as older Americans about whether global warming is real 54 percent of Americans aged 18 to 34 said they were not at all worried or not very worried about global warming     young Americans are just as [...]

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As Climate Warms, Species May Need to Migrate or Perish by Carl Zimmer: Yale Environment 360 With global warming pushing some animals and plants to the brink of extinction, conservation biologists are now saying that the only way to save some species may be to move them. This strategy — which goes by various names [...]

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