Tag: National parks
Listening to nature: How sound can help us understand environmental change
Garth Paine, Arizona State University
Our hearing tells us of a car approaching from behind, unseen, or a bird in a distant forest. Everything...
Restocking wolves on Isle Royale raises questions about which species get...
Mark Neuzil, University of St. Thomas and Eric Freedman, Michigan State University
Isle Royale is one of the most remote U.S. national parks. It stretches...
Human-caused climate change severely exposes the US national parks
Patrick Gonzalez, University of California, Berkeley
Human-caused climate change is disrupting ecosystems and people’s lives around the world. It is melting glaciers, increasing wildfires, and...
Ozone pollution in US national parks is nearly the same as...
David Keiser, Iowa State University; Gabriel E. Lade, Iowa State University, and Ivan Rudik, Cornell University
“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the...
Human noise pollution is disrupting parks and wild places
Rachel Buxton, Colorado State University
As transportation networks expand and urban areas grow, noise from sources such as vehicle engines is spreading into remote places....
‘Public goods’ made America great and can do so again
Marina v. N. Whitman, University of Michigan
All Americans are lucky to live in a country brimming with public resources that everyone can...
Marine park review looks set to repeat past mistakes
By Lauren Butterly, Australian National University and Benjamin Richardson, University of Tasmania
In June 2012 the Labor government announced the “world’s largest” system of marine...