February 25, 2013:Magnets made from rare-earth elements have been key to green technology -- and notoriously difficult to obtain. Researchers are searching for a better way.
December 12, 2011:Charismatic and mysterious, the sturgeon has been around for 85 million years. We may have no more than 20 years left to save it from extinction.
August 26, 2009:Millions of acres of fertile farmland in the developing world are being sold or leased to outside powers, raising the spectre of a new era of agricultural colonialism
August 28, 2008:No one pays much attention to the humble creatures that inhabit our shorelines. But a new technology may help us understand their unique vulnerability to climate change.
February 29, 2008:Think of Europe and what comes to mind is the soaring euro and gleaming cosmopolitan cities. But in the remote hills of Transylvania, a nearly medieval way of life prevails. Can it survive its encounter with modernity?
March 1, 2007:The surfaces of the world’s oceans are vast, but the depths are far vaster.
Bruce Stutz
Bruce Stutz, former editor-in-chief of Natural History, became a contributing editor to OnEarth in the fall of 2004. He is the author of Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season (Scribner).