Tara Lohan is deputy editor of The Revelator and has worked for more than a decade as a digital editor and environmental journalist focused on the intersections of energy, water and climate. Her work has been published by The Nation, American Prospect, High Country News, Grist, Pacific Standard and others. She is the editor of two books on the global water crisis.
Antarctica’s Looming Threat
The threat of invasive species is only one of the mounting pressures facing Antarctic wildlife, including warming waters, melting sea ice, ocean acidification and pollution. But broad conservation actions, like increasing marine protected areas, could help on all fronts.
January 11, 2024
The Great Plains: Bringing Back an ‘American Serengeti’
American Prairie, working with the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, can serve as a place where the American public can visit a landscape of an endless sky and wildlife with no fences, the likes of which you won’t see unless you go to the African Serengeti now.
July 18, 2023
The Future of Water
A new book from water expert Peter Gleick urges a rethinking of how we use, manage and value one of our most important resources.
June 21, 2023
Is Kelp the Next Ocean Hero? Only if We Can Protect It
Kelp forests are one of the “most widespread and valuable marine ecosystems on the planet,” according to a United Nations Environment Programme report released in April.
June 8, 2023
What Sound Can Tell Us About Our Changing World
As new technologies supercharge the field of bioacoustics, researchers can better listen to environmental changes — and use the information to guide conservation efforts.
May 4, 2023
Could California’s Next Dam Removal Take Place on This Endangered River?
Removing two aging Eel River dams known as the Potter Valley Project would benefit salmon, lamprey and people, but what happens next remains unclear.
April 19, 2023