Big Questions – Cool Green Science

Ideas

Would You Rather? No More False Choices Between People and the Planet

Would you rather be covered in fur or scales? Would you rather save babies or trees? This kind of stark dilemma can be an entertaining conversation starter at a party, but it should not be the entry point we […]

From the Field

Think Drones are Bad for Wildlife? These Videos May Change Your Mind

From the Field

Restoring Emiquon’s “Wetland of Dreams”

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From the Field

Focus on Native Bees, Not Honey Bees

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From the Field

Can Platypus Persist Alongside People?

From the Field

A Biodiversity Analysis in Los Angeles

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Science Brief

Emerging Science Explores Ways to Help Make Green Energy Tech Greener

Science Brief

Nature Improves Crop Production

Science Brief

What Makes Conservation Solutions Go Viral?

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Science Brief

New Map Shows Hotspots of Species Under Threat

Science Brief

Time to Bust the Silos: Coral Reefs, Human Health + Sewage Pollution

Climate Change

My Day at the Reality of Climate Change Hackathon

Climate Change

Seeing the Forest for Its Carbon Storage

Climate Change

Overcoming a Climate Change Fallacy

Climate Change

New Science Shows Nature’s Potential to Fight Climate Change

From the Field

Modeling Logging’s Impacts on Biodiversity & Carbon in a Hypothetical Forest

From the Field

Can Drones Help Stop the Spread of Kenya’s Invasive Cactus?

Nature Tech

7 Science Innovations That Are Changing Conservation

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Fish & Fisheries

Collective Fishing Agreements Benefit Both Groundfish and Fishermen

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Climate Change

There’s a Plague in Our Oceans. Can Ecosystem Services Help?

Fish & Fisheries

Community MPAs Fail to Protect Important Reef Fish

Fish & Fisheries

Sustainable Sea Cucumbers: Saving the “Gold Bars” of the Ocean

From the Field

Experimenting with Water Funds + Behavior Change

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From the Field

Nature Can Be Cost Effective for Improving Urban Water Supplies

From the Field

Epiphany: Science, Faith and Clean Water

Fish & Fisheries

Recovery: New Life in Coal Country

Ideas

Can a Wetland Help a Farm?