From Catastrophe to Conservation Triumph
By Drew Higgins April 22, 2023The new film “Wild Life” details the love story of Doug and Kris Tompkins and their historic vision for conservation
“The Wall: Climb for Gold” Is a Quintessential Sports Film
By Drew Higgins January 24, 2022The documentary offers a gripping portrait of rock climbing’s first Olympians
The Trump Administration’s Last-Ditch Effort to Plunder Arctic Oil
By Drew Higgins November 19, 2020The BLM will lease land in the Arctic Refuge the day before Biden’s inauguration
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oil
Researchers Still Don’t Know Why So Many Birds Died This Fall
By Drew Higgins November 10, 2020It might have been a perfect storm of reasons
Why Is the EPA Really Repealing Methane Emissions Regulations?
By Drew Higgins October 5, 2020The Trump administration pushed for regulations repeal
Could Geoengineering Help Save the World’s Ice?
By Drew Higgins January 21, 2020Some researchers hope so. Here are their proposals.
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climate change
Triumph, Fear in the Vertical Realm
By Drew Higgins May 11, 2019Mark Synnott ponders rock climbing and its most famous risk-taking celebrity
On the Juneau Icefield, Women Reimagine Who Does Science
By Drew Higgins November 12, 2018A new generation of scientists reckons with the past, strives for an inclusive future
The Kick-Ass Female Mountaineer You Never Heard Of
By Drew Higgins July 29, 2017Annie Smith Peck, the forgotten “Queen of the Climbers”