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Dancers Perform the Ice

September 3, 2021

A report on the 2021 artists in residence at the Wrangell Mountains Center in McCarthy, Alaska.
Narrating Landscapes: How Indigenous Storytelling Can Unlock Our Environment’s Past

September 2, 2021

Blackfoot stories, handed down for hundreds of years, present a narrative portrait of our changing world at the end of the Ice Age.
Glacial Ice Cores Reveal 15,000 Year Old Microbes

September 1, 2021

Ancient ice contains a rich microbial record going back thousands of years. Recent advances have provided tools to study their genes and evolution, but climate change threatens to erase this frozen archive.
New United Nations Report on Climate Change Documents the Grave Condition of the World’s Glaciers

August 30, 2021

Almost all of the world’s glaciers are in retreat.
Melting Ice and a High Altitude Dig Reveal Viking Secrets in Norway

August 6, 2021

A wealth of ancient artifacts stand to be discovered as high altitude ice melts, but the relationship between high altitude archaeology and climate change is a somber one.
CO2 Reduction Law Rejected in Swiss Referendum

July 30, 2021

The people of Switzerland narrowly rejected a law that would have curbed greenhouse gas emissions, a win for commercial industries and a blow to environmental activists.
As the Greenland Ice Sheet Retreats, Mercury is Being Released From the Bedrock Below

July 15, 2021

Scientists have found that Greenland’s bedrock is rich with mercury in some areas — and as the ice sheet rapidly melts, that mercury is being released into local waters.
Blue Whale Population in Chile Threatened by Fishing Industry

July 13, 2021

Through vessel strikes and noise pollution, the fishing industry in Chilean Patagonia creates challenges for local blue whale populations.
Environmentalists and Glacier Activists Are Poised to Rewrite Chile’s Constitution

July 9, 2021

A newly elected constitutional assembly is charged with rewriting Chile’s constitution from scratch, with strong representation from Indigenous peoples and environmentalists, including glacier activists.

Dancers Perform the Ice

September 3, 2021

A report on the 2021 artists in residence at the Wrangell Mountains Center in McCarthy, Alaska.
Narrating Landscapes: How Indigenous Storytelling Can Unlock Our Environment’s Past

September 2, 2021

Blackfoot stories, handed down for hundreds of years, present a narrative portrait of our changing world at the end of the Ice Age.
Glacial Ice Cores Reveal 15,000 Year Old Microbes

September 1, 2021

Ancient ice contains a rich microbial record going back thousands of years. Recent advances have provided tools to study their genes and evolution, but climate change threatens to erase this frozen archive.
New United Nations Report on Climate Change Documents the Grave Condition of the World’s Glaciers

August 30, 2021

Almost all of the world’s glaciers are in retreat.
Melting Ice and a High Altitude Dig Reveal Viking Secrets in Norway

August 6, 2021

A wealth of ancient artifacts stand to be discovered as high altitude ice melts, but the relationship between high altitude archaeology and climate change is a somber one.
CO2 Reduction Law Rejected in Swiss Referendum

July 30, 2021

The people of Switzerland narrowly rejected a law that would have curbed greenhouse gas emissions, a win for commercial industries and a blow to environmental activists.
As the Greenland Ice Sheet Retreats, Mercury is Being Released From the Bedrock Below

July 15, 2021

Scientists have found that Greenland’s bedrock is rich with mercury in some areas — and as the ice sheet rapidly melts, that mercury is being released into local waters.
Blue Whale Population in Chile Threatened by Fishing Industry

July 13, 2021

Through vessel strikes and noise pollution, the fishing industry in Chilean Patagonia creates challenges for local blue whale populations.
Environmentalists and Glacier Activists Are Poised to Rewrite Chile’s Constitution

July 9, 2021

A newly elected constitutional assembly is charged with rewriting Chile’s constitution from scratch, with strong representation from Indigenous peoples and environmentalists, including glacier activists.