Land
The Pygmies' Plight
A correspondent who chronicled their lives in central African rain forests returns a decade later and is shocked by what he finds
December 2008 |
By Paul Raffaele
Deep Sea 3D: Even a Four-Eyes Can Have Fun
The seaweed may usually look greener on somebody else’s plate, but I’m unconvinced that 3-D movies are going to be better than 2-D, at least not anytime soon. Putting my technologically conservative notions to the test, I was invited to attend a screening of the new IMAX film Deep Sea 3-D.On enteri...
September 24, 2008 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Arctic Dispatch: A Thaw in the Arctic Tundra
Researchers at the Toolik Field Station study thermokarst to understand the ecological effects of climate change
July 22, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: A Toolik Farewell
After leaving Toolik, the team finds points of interest on the road back to Fairbanks
July 11, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: Looking at the Lakes
Alaska’s Arctic lakes are a source of methane experiments for a warming planet
July 10, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: The Toolik Way of Life
Gourmet fare, live music and 24-hour Arctic summer sun make life in Toolik hard to beat
July 08, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: Reaching Toolik
Journalist Christine Dell’Amore travels to Alaska’s Toolik Field to observe the environmental changes occurring in the Arctic Circle
July 03, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: Playing With Permafrost
The first field tests in the tundra look at the effects of nitrogen levels on permafrost
July 03, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: The Hike Up Jade Mountain
After a day of experiments and ongoing mosquito battles, Christine Dell’Amore enjoys the view from the top
July 03, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: Exploring the Aufeis
Dell'Amore and her fellow researchers climb the aufeis and meet interesting insects
July 03, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: Thermokarst and Toolik
The team studies consequences of the Arctic’s warming temperatures
July 03, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Arctic Dispatch: A Polar Bear Plunge
A trip to the oil-rich Prudhoe Bay region ends in an Arctic swim
July 03, 2008 |
By Christine Dell’Amore
Conquering Everest
A history of climbing the world's tallest mountain
March 01, 2008 |
By Megan Gambino
Ground Thaw
Geographer Christopher Burn explains why permafrost is thawing
January 28, 2008 |
By Anne Casselman
Join the Migration in the Serengeti
Hordes of wildlife travel 300 miles across the “land of endless space” in the largest migration on Earth
January 2008 |
By Lyn Garrity
Exploring the Amazon Rain Forest
With an ecosystem under siege, every moment in this wild wonderland is one to savor
January 2008 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro
A trek up the world’s tallest freestanding mountain takes you through five different ecosystems and offers a stunning 19,340-foot view
January 2008 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Swamp Ghosts
In Papua New Guinea, a journalist investigates the controversy over a World War II bomber
October 2007 |
By John Darnton
FOR HIRE: Volcanologist
Richard Fiske discusses his groundbreaking work
September 27, 2007 |
By Megan Gambino
