Editor’s Field Journal: Friends in High Places

by John Matthews, WWF-US
I have just returned from the first of three quick trips to China. Even by my standards, the first journey was extremely peripatetic, full of constant motion. But sometimes having so many changes in quick succession shows surprising connections — hidden threads and themes.

Getting Better Together

Ashes await the return of the river (c)John Matthews/WWF-US

by John Matthews, WWF-US
When I was in graduate school, I spent a lot of time reading mostly abstract scientific papers about how the world’s climate was shifting. My time in the field was spent measuring how changes in rainfall and air temperatures have been affecting dragonflies. I began to feel very worried about how even [...]

First Encounters

Fishermen on a boat carrying wood. Danube Delta, Romania Project (c) WWF-Canon / Michel GUNTHER

 
by Phyllis Rachler, of the WWF-Danube-Carpathian Program Office

This story is part of a series on adaptation in the Danube-Carpathian region.
 “For this freshwater strategy meeting, we should invite someone from the climate group, you know, to see what they have got to say.”
“Ok, let’s see who we can contact.”

This is more or less how it all [...]