Helping Coastal Mexico Face Climate Changes
A Southeast Mexican fisherman notices subtle weather changes, like fewer days when the sea is flat and calm and more summer days when the mangrove canals are warm as soup. A 100-foot beach where he...
View ArticleDaryl Hannah Speaks Out to Protect Our Climate
Movie star Daryl Hannah tells The Nature Conservancy, in a short film, that people around the world can heighten their awareness about the critical state of our oceans and climate.
View ArticleMexico Diary: Forests, Fishes and the Reef
That night we heard the stories of fishermen who have struggled to maintain their way of life as fish populations drop and development up the coast pollutes the sea and degrades the reef, so important...
View ArticleWhat “Climate Vulnerability” May Tell Us About Central American Reefs
In these English and Spanish-language videos, Fernando Secaira of The Nature Conservancy discusses a new “climate vulnerability” anaylsis of the Mesoamerican Reef in Central America.
View ArticleCoral Reefs Reaching 11th Hour As They Degrade Worldwide
The severe degrading of our planet's coral reefs is an issue that needs to be quickly taken seriously, or one of the wonders that make our lives so beautiful will be gone forever. Recently in DC, the...
View Article“Coral Reefs Saved My Life”
Check out this 3-minute video, which tells the story of Arden O’Conner, a cancer survivor from Boston, Massachusetts, who says, “coral reefs saved my life.”
View ArticleProtect the Coral Reefs–the Life You Save Might Be Your Own
Coral reefs are in big trouble worldwide -- and that's not just bad news for snorkelers. It could mean death instead of life for millions of people ... maybe even you.
View ArticleWhen Moving Is Not an Option
As people in the United States seem intent on arguing whether or not climate change is real, islanders are seeing sea levels rise and land disappear.
View ArticleStudy: People’s Carbon Pollution Not Only Changing the Atmosphere But Also...
A Nature Conservancy marine scientist has co-authored a new study that isolates the effects of human-generated carbon pollution from seasonal and regional variations in ocean chemistry. The findings...
View ArticleClimate Change News: What’s Interesting This Week
In the News is a Planet Change selection of the latest news on climate change, nature, our environment and the impacts of a changing planet. Continue reading to delve into all that we find interesting...
View ArticleClimate Change News: What’s Interesting This Week
In the News is a Planet Change selection of the latest news on climate change, nature, our environment and the impacts of a changing planet. Continue reading to delve into all that we find interesting...
View ArticlePeople at Risk to Natural Disasters and How Nature Can Help
Not all storms and other natural hazards need to turn in to disasters. That is a core message of the just released 2012 World Risk Report, led by the Alliance for Development Works, United Nations...
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