Island nations confront climate change About halfway between Hawaii and Australia is the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati. In tourism photos, the place looks like a tropical paradise. But...
In Solomons, photographer captures disappearing islands "If the community has to leave the island…they are going to lose their culture.” Few places on earth are as vulnerable to climate change as...
Climate change in South Asia Climate change is already having big effects on southern Asia. Deadly heat waves like one that killed 3,500 people in India and Pakistan in 2015...
Climate change, environment highlight photographer’s work From the Arctic to the Amazon, Joanna Pinneo has made spotlighting climate change a specialty Twenty years ago this month, National Geographic's...
Mask art decries air pollution, climate change In air pollution masks, a canvass for solutions Raising awareness about environmental issues like air pollution and climate change is no...
China’s war on pollution China’s rapid economic growth over the past two decades been nothing short of remarkable. Of course there’s been a dark side to this growth....
In polar photography, a battle with fear and cold "I couldn't think of anything else but to breathe deep and go as deep as I can." (Photo credit: Amos Nachoum) Wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum...
Arctic shipping grows as ice melts For hundreds of years, European explorers sought a direct sea route from Europe to Asia. Now as Arctic ice melts, just such a route is opening across...
Indonesia’s struggle to save tropical forests A new book highlights possible answers to deforestation in the tropics. Preventing climate change is often linked to cutting back on the use of...
Indonesia’s rapid deforestation Indonesia has one of the world's largest remaining areas of tropical forests. From tigers and orangutans to Sumatran elephants, the forests support a...
