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    8 Cities Rewilding Their Urban Spaces

    8 Cities Rewilding Their Urban Spaces

    In the midst of a massive, global loss of nature, cities around the world are finding ways to protect and expand open spaces and “rewild” their communities. Between 2001 and 2017, the United States alone lost 24 million acres of natural area – or the equivalent of nine Grand Canyon national parks – largely due […]

    Monarch Sequoias Can Live 3,000 Years, But Earth Lost 10% of Them All in 2020

    Monarch Sequoias Can Live 3,000 Years, But Earth Lost 10% of Them All in 2020

    Scientists have known last year’s Castle Fire was probably the most destructive for California’s famously fire-resilient sequoias in at least 700 years, but a draft National Park Service report obtained by the Visalia Times-Delta puts a quantitative measurement on that fire’s climate-fueled toll. Between 7,500 and 10,000 monarch sequoias — about 10% to 14% of […]