Chronicles of Ice

by Gretel Ehrlich

As it falls apart, the Perito Moreno glacier surges, crumbles, and growls its protest to human indifference and global warming.

The Submerging World

by Bill McKibben

Pacific islands are washing away. That kind of terror doesn't make the nightly news, but it should.

Engagement

by Terry Tempest Williams

With a foreign policy run amok, the coming election offers a chance to question the simplistic view that what is good for business is good for humanity. Last in a three-part series.

On Thin Ice

by Charles Wohlforth

Like canaries in a coal mine, our northernmost Americans are the first to face the alarming challenges of global warming.

Jeremiad for Belarus

text and photograph by Hope Burwell

Revisiting the accident that could "never happen here". Eighteen years after the Chernobyl disaster, radiation continues its deadly work.

Burying Miss Louise

by Roger Pinckney

In the Deep South, tribulation and transcendence are a way of life for some

Pressing Forward

text by Tricia Louvar

Weaving Basra

text and photo by Meghan Nuttall Sayres

Threading together a holy city even as violence tears it apart, a weaver finds the spirit of an ancient Sufi poet amidst the rubble.

Yangtze Farewell

by Penelope Grenoble O'Malley

The waters of the Yangtze are closing fast over two millenia of history--and any chance for second thoughts about China's energy needs.

Citizen Flora

by Todd Wilkinson

For federal environmental professionals, disagreeing with Bush administration policies can be hazardous to your health.

Tracking Toxics

by BILL SHERWONIT

The American military has left behind a trail of barrel dumps, illness, and death in the nation's last frontier, but a tiny group of Alaskans is righting the wrongs.

The Squeeze

by Barbara Hurd

Caught between a rock and a hard place, a novice caver confronts life's dark places.

Got Tape?

by BK LOREN

A cherished piece of land galvanizes an uproariously disparate neighborhood against corporate interlopers.

Baghdad Café

text and photographs by Jason Florio/CORBIS

Sharing ideas on poetry, art, and literature, a community of Iraq's capital strives to maintain its links to normalcy amidst the chaos.

Caviar Wars

by Wallace Kaufman

Poor law enforcement, pollution, and an unstable economy combine to create a bleak future for Caspian Sea sturgeon.

This American Land

text by Rick Bass, Richard Nelson, Robert Michael Pyle, Janisse Ray, Terry Tempest Williams

On the Bosom of this Grave and Wasted Land I Will Lay My Head

by Janisse Ray

Even as the forests of her homeland are ground into woodchips and shipped across the globe, a native Georgian glimpses a wild world that once was, and dares to dream of restoration.

The New Economy of Nature

by Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison

The labor of nature has always been thought of as free. But a new economy that values natural systems is beginning to take shape.

Green Across the Globe

by Polly Stupples

Last year in Canberra, Australia, activists from around the world gathered to forge the first international network of Green parties. Look out political cynicism! The author will not be the only one convinced by the results.

Bearing Witness

by Terry Tempest Williams

Terry Tempest Williams takes a look at how the Bush-Cheney energy plan plays out in wildlands adjacent to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.

The Naturalist

by Barry Lopez

In a world invested in hypermaterialism, the naturalist's imagination is needed more than ever.

Living on the Rocks

by Peter Marchand

It's time to redefine the dream home. To this man, it incorporates landscape features, recycled materials, independent water and power, and the bedrock of the human spirit.

The Monarch and the Bt Corn Controversy

by Lincoln Brower

At stake in the debate over genetically modified Bt corn is not just the monarch butterfly, but the integrity of the scientific process.

Wall Street Losses, Wall Street Gains

by Anne Matthews

Snowy owls at JFK, coyotes in Central Park -- welcome to New York, where wildlife is returning to the city's double-edged habitat.