Julia Whitty

Polar Earth is thawing. Does it matter if the visiting hordes don’t understand?

As the ice caps melt and oceans rise, will Tuvalu become a modern Atlantis?

Our oceans are under attack, and approaching a point of no return. Can we survive if the seas go silent?

By the end of the century, half of all species on Earth may be extinct due to global warming and other causes. Who will survive the world’s dwindling biodiversity, and why?

Twelve global disasters and one powerful antidote.

BP and the government say the spill is fast disappearing—but dramatic new science reveals that its worst effects may be yet to come.

With Washington frozen solid on climate, the Navy is breaking the ice.

 

Funafuti lagoon, Tuvalu. Credit: Stefan Lins via Wikimedia Commons.The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu—already suffering from rising sea levels—has declared a state of emergency as water supplies on some islands ran dry today. The Telegraph reports that Tuvalu’s state of emergency was declared after existing desalination plants broke, exacerbating an already dire drought: The Tuvalu […]

Great Barrier Reef II (Australia), 108″ x 45,” batik on silk. Mary Edna Fraser. Artist Mary Edna Fraser has a new exhibit called Our Expanding Oceans at the North Carolina Museum of Natural […]