In 1971 John Francis, known the world over as ‘Planetwalker,’ witnessed an oil tanker collision in the San Francisco Bay. The sight of oiled birds on the shoreline caused him to give up motorized transport and rely solely on his own two feet.

Eight miles inland of Miami’s beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on a ridge, becomes real estate gold.

On July 12th, 2023, Dr. Dawn Wright, Esri’s chief scientist, became the first person to operate a portable sonar device to map a portion of Challenger Deep in fine detail and the first Black person to dive to the deepest point in the ocean.

In an urban backyard on Canada’s West Coast, a window salesman has created a living laboratory for investigating hummingbird behaviour.