The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost…
Towards a Fuller Awareness of Our Endangered World
In "Under a White Sky," Elizabeth Kolbert’s conversational prose draws readers across earth’s land, waters and air, animating a prismatic what’s-what of human follies and their unintended consequences.