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More and more, rufous hummingbirds are turning up in unusual places. Is this a result of our changing climate, or are birders just paying closer attention? Hail, lightning, and gale-force winds had pounded southern Louisiana just hours before in some of the worst weather here since Hurricane Katrina. Untold thousands of birds caught migrating from Central America and Mexico…
After making the rounds at Democratic parties in swank Washington hotels on November 4, one gaggle of environmentalists spontaneously trooped down to the White House and ended up dancing in the streets amid an ecstatic crowd of thousands until well after midnight. That celebratory evening marked the start of what many environmentalists nationwide hope will be a drastic U-turn in…
Both John McCain and Barack Obama see a more sustainable future. on closer inspection, it’s clear their visions come in different shades of green. John McCain is a maverick environmentalist, a longtime conservationist who revels in bucking the Republican tide and doffs his hat to Teddy Roosevelt. Barack Obama, meanwhile, is a slick politico in bed with ethanol producers.…
Researchers zero in on a little-known landscape that offers some chilling lessons on the future of global warming. Scientists say Greenland’s glaciers are melting twice as fast as they were even five years ago, and that the amount of fresh water running into the ocean has tripled in a decade. Photos by Nick Cobbing | Still Pictures/Peter Arnold Inc.…
He may have been denied the presidency, but he just might end up saving the planet. Rush-hour Times Square is a mass of electronic billboards and idling cabs, the very essence of the fossil-fuel economy’s entrenched excess. High above the noise and traffic, in a small screening room, Al Gore is in an earnest blue suit, doing his best…