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Hurricane Harvey from space. Courtesy of NOAA

Hell and High Water Predicted Houston Disaster

August 28, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

A Peabody-award-winning report, Hell and High Water,  on how Texas, and the Houston area in particular, might suffer catastrophic hurricane damage in a future storm, was made public in March […]

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Cities, Climate change, Environment, Netherlands, Rising Waters, Sustainability, Water, Weather
African White Bellied Tree Pangolin and baby, hunted for their meat and scales. Copyright Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark

Driven by Nature: 3 Great Photographers (portal)

July 6, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Three photographers we profiled in June – all have prolific careers with National Geographic and independent projects – are linked in this portal for a good read. What drives their […]

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Endangered species, Extinction, Film and television, Fish, Natural history, Oceans, Photography, Sustainability, Travel, Whales, Wildlife
Into Africa Frans Lanting Exhibition at Smithsonjian's National Museum of Natural History. Courtesy Smithsonian Institution.

Driven by Nature: Frans Lanting Part 3

June 29, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Frans Lanting is one of three renowned photographers we’ve selected — the others, Brian Skerry and Joel Sartore — to showcase their exceptional achievements as photojournalists and their passion for conservation […]

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Africa, Animals at risk, Climate change, Endangered species, Film and television, Museums, Natural history, Netherlands, Photography, Sustainability, Wildlife
Imaginary Cities by Darran Anderson

Books Summer 2017 A Preview

June 21, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Welcome to the first day of Summer 2017:  A dozen nonfiction works and novels await you in our upcoming summer reading recommendations. These books are the stuff of summer– whether […]

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Architecture, Books, Cities, Sustainability, Travel, Urban design, Urban life
Swan Bridge and waterfront Rotterdam. (Bobbie Faul-Zeitler CC 3.0)

Rotterdam and Resilience: Dutch Know-How

June 19, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

  Michael Kimmelman’s front page story Dutch Face Rising Seas in the New York Times is a must-read for anyone concerned about the rising threat to US coasts, coastal cities, […]

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Cities, Climate change, Europe, Green Practices, Netherlands, Rising Waters, Sustainability, Urban design, Water, Weather
Photo spread in National Geographic (April 2016) shows a fraction of the thousands of species that have "sat" for portraits in the Photo Ark.

Driven by Nature Part 2: Joel Sartore

June 8, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Editor’s Update: A three-part  documentary Rare: Creatures of the Photo Ark, with photographer and conservationist Joel  Sartore, will broadcast July 18, July 25 and August  1, 2017, on  PBS stations throughout […]

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Animals at risk, Biodiversity, Books, Exhibitions, Extinction, Film and television, Photography, Sustainability, Wildlife
Oceangoing turtle at the Great Barrier Reef

World Oceans Day 2017

June 8, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

Today is World Oceans Day – a subject we’ve reported on since 2014. You can take a stroll through some compelling stories we’ve published  by using our “Categories” bar (just […]

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Books, Documentary films, Endangered species, Oceans, Photography, Sustainability, Wildlife

Paris Climate Agreement – Read and Weep

June 2, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

U.S. pulls out of the Paris Climate Agreement two days after causing a kerfuffle (a real word!) with the invented word covfefe. Here’s what Pulitzer-Prize-winning New Yorker contributor Elizabeth Kolbert has to […]

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Biodiversity, Climate change, Conservation, Endangered species, Energy, Environment, Extinction, News, Opinions, Rising Waters, Science, Sustainability, Weather
Top row (from left) mark! Lopez, Prafulla Samantara, Rodrigo Tot. Bottom row: Rodriguez Katembo, Wendy Bowman, Uros Macerl.

My Earth Hero(es): Goldman Prize 2017

April 24, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

The Goldman Environmental Prize for 2017 — honoring grassroots environmental heroes from the world’s six inhabited continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands & Island Nations, North America, and South & […]

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Africa, Animals at risk, Asia, Australia, Environment, Europe, Heroes, International, Latin America, People, Sustainability

My Earth Hero: Neil DeGrasse Tyson Listen Up!

April 23, 2017by Bobbie Faul-Zeitler

One of the world’s smartest and most popular scientists — check him out (below) on Twitter — Neil DeGrasse Tyson has issued a four-minute video to Americans about the future […]

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Biodiversity, Climate change, Conservation, Discovery, Ecology, Endangered species, Environment, Extinction, Film and television, Heroes, Natural history, People, Science, Sustainability, Technology

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