Environmental writers tell great stories about life across our fast-changing globe.

We’re seeing a remarkable series of stories about climate change and other manmade or partly manmade threats—some even complete with hints of solutions. Here’s a fairly random baker’s dozen from this striking crop (hmm, only two of these pieces come from for-profit publications).

• Insect populations are declining around the world. How worried should we be?
• How a Mayan town restored its sacred cloud forest and water supply
• Navigating a sea of superlatives in pursuit of the Asian carp
• The human factor in clean water
• Dry, the beloved country
• The geoduck diver
• Spawning an intervention
• The rising tide of climate injustice
• Invasive reptiles are taking over Florida—and devouring its birds along the way
• The cavernous world under the woods
• In the fate of the delta smelt, warnings of conservation gone wrong
• Borderland rebellion
• The riddle of the roaming plastics