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While 2024 made news for its record-breaking temperatures and devastating storms, the climate crisis touched millions of Americans in quieter, more intimate ways that rarely capture media attention. Guardian US readers shared deeply personal stories of how global heating and…
Deep in California’s Sierra Nevada forests, an unlikely fire specialist thrives where others flee. The black-backed woodpecker has evolved as nature’s perfect post-fire opportunist, swooping into recently burned areas to feast on beetles and nest in fire-hollowed trees. The steady…
Environmental journalism powerhouse Mongabay achieved unprecedented reach in 2025, publishing more than 7,300 stories across eight languages and attracting over 110 million unique readers—a remarkable 44% increase from 2024. The milestone reflects the organization’s expanding global newsroom and its commitment…
After six years covering environmental justice as The Guardian’s first correspondent in this beat, Nina Lakhani offers a sobering yet hopeful perspective on the climate crisis. While 2024 brought another wave of climate disasters and insufficient political responses, her reporting…
Billionaire entrepreneur Ben Lamm’s genetics startup Colossal Biosciences made headlines in 2025 with bold claims of bringing extinct species back to life. The company announced it had successfully “resurrected” the dire wolf—a predator that vanished at the end of the…
As 2025 comes to a close, environmental advocates are celebrating significant grassroots victories that emerged despite a challenging federal policy landscape. While the Trump administration implemented sweeping environmental rollbacks—including relaxed fossil fuel regulations and weakened protections for endangered species—conservation groups,…
Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area has earned the devastating distinction of being the most deforested protected area in the Brazilian Amazon. Since its establishment in 2006, this massive reserve—originally covering an area more than half the size of…
California received welcome news this week as recent December storms significantly boosted the state’s snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains, offering hope for the coming year’s water supply. State scientists conducting their closely monitored winter assessment found encouraging signs that…
What was once abandoned farmland and hotel property has transformed into one of the Caribbean’s most important centers for native plant conservation. The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas now protects 30 acres of thriving…
Indonesia ended 2025 grappling with a sobering contradiction: while climate-related disasters grow increasingly severe, the country’s environmental policies have remained virtually stagnant during President Prabowo Subianto’s inaugural year in office. The archipelago nation continues its heavy reliance on fossil fuels…
