|
|
Featured Stories
|
 |
Going to Extremes: What do Florida's Everglades and Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias have in common? Both face uncertain futures as temperatures rise. |
|
National Parks Report Card: We surveyed more than 40 scientists, conservationists, and professional adventurers, then ranked the 15 parks that are most in peril from climate change. |
|
Solutions: 101 Ways to Reduce your Carbon Footprint A hiker's guide to fighting climate change. |
|
Can a Lime-Green Vegetable-Oil-Powered Beetle Save the Earth? Our intrepid writer goes on a seriously bumpy road trip into the Sierra to find out. |
|
I, Citizen Scientist: Want to help real researchers with their work? Writer Bruce Barcott describes what it's like—from fox droppings to the world's most expensive mousetraps. |
|
Ghosts of Glacier: This park's rivers of ice have been flowing for 7,000 years; they'll be gone in 30. |
|
Bye-bye, Boundary Waters: As temperatures rise, Minnesota's North Woods will likely go up in smoke. |
Nature
|
|
The Future of Mountains: How climate change is affecting our alpine environments. |
|
The Future of Forests: As the earth warms, here's how higher temps will affect our forests. |
|
Phenomenon: Snowmelt Rising alpine temperatures and polluted snow are threatening snowpack and water supplies. |
|
Phenomenon: Wildfire Global warming creates conditions that invite larger and more frequent forest fires. Here's how. |
|
Species We Can Kiss Goodbye These dozen creatures are threatened by global warming. |
|
The Brown Death: Pine Beetles vs. Forests Pine beetles are felling more trees than wildfires and the timber industry combined. |
|
Digging for Clues: How to Stop Extinction A big-picture biologist unearths threats to songbirds, salamanders, and a peak-loving furball. |
|
Cascades Meltdown The Lower 48's most glaciated region is losing its ice at an astonishing rate. |
|
No More Peaks in the Distance Rising treeline threatens the Northeast's best views. |
|
Carbon Dioxide and the Desert Midwest Nebraska's wild prairies could become the Western Hemisphere's largest sandbox in as few as 30 years. |
|
Super Poison Ivy is Coming More potent poison ivy is on the way, plus fast-growing weeds that will change the face of Eastern forests. |
|
Rising Tides Threaten Classic Trails Swelling oceans are threatening to submerge classic coastline hikes. |
Gear
|
|
Green Gear Report Card 2008 |
|
How to Recycle Spent Fuel Canisters
|
|
How to Buy PVC-Free Gear
|
|
Lighten your (Planetary) Load |
|
Editors' Choice: Green Awards (4/07) |
|
Editors' Choice: Green Award (4/06) |
easy-to-follow plan–no bonking on the trail.
common repairs and maintenance musts.
to give you a good night's rest. 
