Global Warming
S.O.S.
The Arctic is sending a clear distress signal: Life there as we know it is imploding in what may well be a harbinger of things to come for the rest of the world.
By Daniel Glick
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Global Warming/Global Solutions
Get On Board
It’s time to make some serious efforts to cut large-scale greenhouse-gas emissions. Cap and trade is a good place to start. Plus: How It Works
By Jerry Goodbody

Green Travel
Camp Caribbean
Wake up in a solar-powered tent, snorkel in an aquamarine underworld, bathe in water collected from the clouds, and turn your beer bottles into art—all while helping preserve St. John’s natural appeal. A pioneering experiment in ecotourism offers a better alternative to big-box resorts.
By Jane Braxton Little
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Photo Essay
Standing Out
A portrait photographer captures the playful nature of a pageant of avian subjects.
Photography by Catherine Ledner
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Recovery
Breakout
For the past century the whooping crane has followed a short path to the edge of extinction. Having successfully lured the birds back on migration routes by flying ultralight planes and donning crane costumes, biologists are now acting as foster parents as they prepare to release young cranes directly into the wild this fall. 
By Phil McKenna

On the cover: The warming earth is wreaking special havoc on the Arctic, whose predators, like this mist-shrouded snowy owl, are being drastically affected. Photo by Vincent Munier.