Building Cities With Sustainability in Mind
Municipal waste — from poop to heat — can be a valuable resource that could run our cities more cheaply and sustainably, says a hands-on Canadian ecologist.
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Ecology
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As Environment Degrades, Our Well-Being Grows?
The environment is faltering even as measurements show human well-being is improving. How long can that last?
Grasslands Preserve the Lonely Prairie
North America's grasslands filled an ecological role that goes mostly unfilled in their hugely reduced state.
The Real Revenge of Montezuma: Voyage Conclusions
Our blogger looks back at his voyage through coastal Mexico and sees that the problems, and solutions, there are mirrored throughout the globe.
Childhood Dreams in Playa El Coyote
Taking a vacation from the Baja sojourn, our Kristian Beadle reflects on how his boyhood idylls led him to want to conserve coastlines.
A Question of Biodiversity
There's a brush war in the field of ecology in attempting to describe the basis for biodiversity. An experiment that mixes modeling and mud amid California's wildflowers looks for some clarity.
American Idling: The Ecological Cost of Keeping the Engine Running
The quick, simple act of turning your car off instead of idling whenever possible could play an enormous role in slowing the rate of climate change.
A New Genesis: Getting World Religions to Worship Ecologically
The world's various religious traditions may speak of respect for and stewardship of nature, but the current ecological plight suggests the message may need some reinforcement as it moves from pulpit to pew.
Lessons From the Reverse Engineering of Nature
A Miller-McCune Research Essay by Columbia University professor Shahid Naeem on the importance of biodiversity and the true significance of the human species.
Fishery Conservation & Smaller Fish Size
A researcher's analysis of five decades of vacationing anglers' snapshots shows that in Key West, the game fish species are getting smaller — a finding pointing to the decline of global fisheries.