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Reuters/Carlos Barria The UN's New Focus: Surviving, Not Stopping, Climate Change
The international body has issued a manual for adapting to a warming world.
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Columbia Pictures The Myth of Working Your Way Through College
Once upon a time, a summer spent scooping ice cream could pay for a year of college. Today, the average student's annual tuition is equivalent to 991 hours behind the counter.
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Reuters Ukraine Was Never Crazy About Its Killer Dolphins, Anyway
Covert cetacean operations have lost their luster since the Cold War.
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Sean Gardner/Reuters America's Ocean-Powered Economy
Seven ways to think about money and the sea
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Wikimedia Commons Is Alaska's Pebble Mine the Next Keystone XL?
The push to open a gold-and-copper mine in a rich fishing area has split Alaskans along unusual political lines.
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Ayana Johnson How the Famous Marshmallow Study Explains Environmental Conservation
A marine biologist discovers the importance of behavioral economics
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Humans of New York/Facebook This Human of New York Takes His Libraries Seriously
Last seen eating chicken at the intersection of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. Likes books and people. Loves the institution that brings books and people together.
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Markus Schreiber/AP On the Presence of Snow Leopards in Sochi
The endangered species is a convenient mascot for Putin's Olympics, but the story behind the symbol isn't quite fit for primetime.
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Daniel Maurer/AP The Unsung Glory of the Mile Run
Alan Webb's final 1609.34 meters were a tribute to middle-distance runners everywhere.
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Denise Krebs/Flickr Millions of People Reading Alone, Together: The Rise of Goodreads
The founders of the social network talk about its success in 2013 and its goal of making literature a community experience.
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The World Bank Bloomberg's New Plan: Save the Ocean, Feed the World
The former mayor has invested $53 million to end over-fishing. But reviving the seas could take a multi-billion-dollar effort.
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AP Crush and Burn: A History of the Global Crackdown on Ivory
Hong Kong is the latest government to publicly destroy its stockpile of the prized material.
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AP Pretend Pirates and the Case of a Missing Oil Tanker
Fake piracy or not, this ship took a detour. Its crew is safe, but its cargo is gone.
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Davilyn Barnwell/The Atlantic What's Your Starbucks Name?
A not-so-foolproof way to avoid confusion when ordering coffee: assume an alter ego
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Wikimedia Commons Why West Coast Sea Life Has Been Behaving So Strangely
The Pacific sardine population is crashing. Meanwhile, thriving anchovies attract a circus of charismatic megafauna.
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Reuters Iceland's Newest Beer Ingredient: Whale
One brewery is experimenting with a whale of an ale—or technically, an ale of a whale.
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Jay Studer/NSF On Getting Naked in Antarctica
Stuck at the South Pole during its coldest, darkest season? Find a sauna, grab some bunny boots, and join the most exclusive club in the world.
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AP Sushinomics: How Bluefin Tuna Became a Million-Dollar Fish
Once used for cat food, the endangered fish is now one of the most prized delicacies in the world.
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Phil Roeder/Flickr A Viral Petition Says Trader Joe's Parent Company Murders Whales: Don't Believe It
The story of a dead whale, a popular grocer, and an exceedingly dubious connection.
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Reuters Charitable Donations Skyrocket on New Year's Eve—Because Tax Deductions
Or, why 'generous procrastinators dominate in December'
