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Red Alert! Your Public Lands are Under Attack

From Minnesota's Boundary Waters to the Arctic Refuge, Red Lines are being Crossed.

Feb 10 • David Thoreson

The Planet Needs to Protect Greenland

The Arctic is a delicately balanced wilderness in the fastest-changing region on Earth

Jan 24 • David Thoreson

I Am Not AI Slop

In these uncertain times it is most important to tell, listen and share "real" human stories. Reality is much more interesting anyway.

Jan 13 • David Thoreson

A Winter Solstice Birthday and Reflection...

A year-end perspective on our climate, a warning and a glimmer of hope for 2026.

Dec 23, 2025 • David Thoreson

An Inconvenient Four Years

A new Netflix film documents the betrayal of the self-proclaimed "environmental president," George H.W. Bush. Oh what could have been.

Dec 6, 2025 • David Thoreson

Recent posts

An Explorer's Look at Hurricane Melissa

The Category 5 "Storm of the Century" ravaged Jamaica after rapidly intensifying in the heated sea due to climate disruption.

Oct 31, 2025 • David Thoreson

Finding My Luck on Cloud Nine

Meet my sailing friend and mentor, Captain Roger Swanson, A true One of One

Sep 13, 2025 • David Thoreson

An Ocean Adventure With a Purpose

400 days at sea sailing on the research vessel Ocean Watch

Sep 6, 2025 • David Thoreson

I Witnessed a Planetary Tipping Point

In 2007, I sailed through the Arctic's Northwest Passage with little sea ice.

Aug 26, 2025 • David Thoreson

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