Young Environmental Writers Contest 2012
The moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived! Read on to discover incredible environmental stories from the American Southwest, South Asian coast, and chilly Himalayas.
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Ecosystems, Fisheries, Human Landscape, Oceans
Scratch the Salmon, I’ll Have the Sea Robin
When will consumers figure out that locally-caught fluke and porgies are tastier than farmed and imported fish species?
Ecosystems, Forests
Perspectives from the People’s Land: If the Caribou Help Us
Can protecting endangered caribou in Quebec help preserve the Cree's way of life?
Climate, Ecosystems, Indigenous Peoples, Oceans
Climate and the Coast: The Seaweed in Your Sandals
You've probably eaten seaweed, used it for walking, or taken it along with your morning vitamins.
Ecosystems, Human Landscape, Indigenous Peoples, Out West
Talking Tongass: First Impressions from the Last Frontier
After several weeks of traveling, I’ve finally arrived in Sitka, Alaska, where I'm working with the US Forest Service in the Tongass National Forest.
Human Landscape, Public Health
Will Nanotubes Create an Environmental Health Crisis?
Carbon nanotubes are among the most extraordinary materials ever constructed, capable of revolutionizing industries from solar energy to space travel. But for all their futuristic promise, nanotubes pose a grave environmental health threat, and have been linked to lung cancer. Will nanotubes change the world for better, or for worse?