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The Quiet Collapse: Why a Record Pollinator Die-Off Is Becoming a Food Security Crisis

In January 2025, commercial beekeepers across the US lost an average of 62% of their colonies — the worst die-off since tracking began. USDA research found Varroa mites resistant to the last effective miticide, opening the door to lethal viral infections. But this isn't just a beekeeping story. One in five North American pollinator species is now at extinction risk, and pollinators support $190 billion in global crop production annually.

Jun 19, 2026

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The Human Cost of Losing Coral Reefs: A Crisis the Numbers Cannot Fully Capture

Over one billion people depend on coral reef ecosystems for their livelihoods or food. Reef fisheries are worth $6.8 billion annually. Reef tourism generates $36 billion. Reef structures save $94 billion in coastal damage costs every year. And the communities most exposed to reef loss are those that contributed least to the ocean warming destroying them. This is the human and economic cost of coral reef decline, and why the numbers still cannot fully capture what is being lost.

1 month ago

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The Ocean Is Running Out of Time

The world's oceans are warming faster than at any point in the observational record. In 2024, NOAA confirmed the largest coral bleaching event in history, affecting 84% of the world's reefs. Ocean acidity has risen 26% since industrialisation. This is a clear-eyed account of what is actually happening to the ocean, why it matters to every person on Earth regardless of where they live, and what the science says about how much time remains to act.

1 month ago

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The Ocean's Last Stand: How Kelp Forests Are Fighting Climate Change — And What Writers Can Learn From Covering Invisible Crises

Kelp forests are among the most biodiverse and climatically vital ecosystems on Earth — and between 40% and 60% of them have been lost in the past fifty years. Almost nobody knows they exist. This article tells the story of what kelp forests are, why they matter, and what is being done to save them — and reflects on what this story teaches writers about the craft of covering invisible crises that the world urgently needs to understand.

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Environment

The Quiet Collapse: Why a Record Pollinator Die-Off Is Becoming a Food Security Crisis

The Human Cost of Losing Coral Reefs: A Crisis the Numbers Cannot Fully Capture

The Ocean Is Running Out of Time

The Ocean's Last Stand: How Kelp Forests Are Fighting Climate Change — And What Writers Can Learn From Covering Invisible Crises

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