This week marks the National Park Service’s 100th birthday, and for The Verge it’s an opportunity to explore spacious skies and majestic mountains. Preservation and conservation don’t begin and end with parks, but this timely anniversary got us thinking about wilderness and all the wild things happening in it around the world. We're going to look at ways modern human beings can enjoy nature best, and at some of the challenges facing Earth's most precious spaces over the next century.
Aug 27, 2016, 1:13 PM UTCAshley Carman
How camping technology made us feel at home in nature
The nature of technology
Aug 26, 2016, 3:37 PM UTCAndrew J. Hawkins
President Obama just quadrupled the size of a protected marine reserve off Hawaii
Now the world’s largest
Aug 25, 2016, 2:30 PM UTCDami Lee
Google Doodle celebrates the diverse beauty of US National Parks
"The coolest thing about the national parks is that they exist for everyone."
Aug 25, 2016, 2:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Tour Yosemite in virtual reality with Barack Obama
If you want to celebrate the 100th anniversary of America’s National Parks Service, there are definitely worse ways than with a virtual reality trip through Yosemite narrated by President Barack Obama.Through the Ages is a roughly 10-minute video shot by virtual reality filmmakers Felix & Paul, in collaboration with the White House, Oculus, and National Geographic.
Aug 25, 2016, 4:00 AM UTCAshley Carman
Google will take you on a 360-degree tour of the Kenai Fjords, Bryce Canyon, and other National Parks
Aug 24, 2016, 12:00 PM UTCJames Temple
Climate Hackers: One man’s plan to stop global warming by shooting particles into the atmosphere
This year is already on pace to be the warmest on record, setting off another season of heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires around the world. But it would only be the latest record to fall, as 15 of the 16 hottest years have occurred since 2001. In turn, the ice sheets are melting, oceans are rising, hurricanes are increasing in number and intensity, and climate refugees are pouring over borders.
Aug 23, 2016, 5:00 PM UTCElizabeth Lopatto
I trapped lizards in Los Angeles because their DNA holds secrets
How do lizards cross the road? Their DNA suggests they don't
Aug 23, 2016, 3:13 PM UTCRussell Brandom
Bat lickers lick bats in bat cave, get caught
On March 16th, 2015, two hikers named Codey Foster and Dusten Ray Gill licked a tricolor bat in violation of federal law. The bat was hibernating in the Bowden Cave in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, remote enough that if the hikers had
Aug 23, 2016, 3:00 PM UTCNick Statt, James Temple and 1 more
The best outdoor gear for camping, hiking, and exploring nature
Aug 23, 2016, 1:02 PM UTCLoren Grush
Bill Nye discusses our nation's parks and why Earth is the best place to live
Bill Nye may be constantly studying the other planets in our Solar System as the CEO of the Planetary Society, but yesterday, the Science Guy was marveling at what our planet Earth has to offer. Nye stopped by Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Parks Service, which was created by Woodrow Wilson on August 25th, 1916.
Aug 22, 2016, 7:43 PM UTCAlessandra Potenza
Uprooted: how climate change may kick off an artificial migration of trees
Whitebark pines are majestic trees with a whitish, often wind-curled trunk that grow up high in the Rocky and Sierra Mountains, in the Western US. They’re icons of Yellowstone National Park, where they provide high-calorie seeds for many animals, including grizzly bears that eat the seeds before hibernating. Some whitebark pines manage to live for a thousand years, but many of them are now dying.
Aug 22, 2016, 4:35 PM UTCT.C. Sottek
Welcome to Wilderness Week!
The Verge thinks parks rule, and you should too
