Mike Gaworecki

Mike Gaworecki

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Mike Gaworecki is a journalist based in Brooklyn, NY, and was the host of Mongabay's podcast from 2017 until 2022. He has covered environmental science, forests, and climate issues for over a decade. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Pacific Standard, BillMoyers.com, Alternet, Treehugger, and more.

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U.S. national parks set an attendance record last year

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jan 2016

Newly discovered chameleon sheds light on Tanzania biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jan 2016

Controversial culling of bison herd in Yellowstone National Park now the subject of First Amendment battle

Mike Gaworecki 28 Jan 2016

Tropical forest protected areas might be working better than you think

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jan 2016

Over-hunting’s surprising connection to global warming

Mike Gaworecki 26 Jan 2016

South America’s white-sand forests: poorly known and under threat

Mike Gaworecki 25 Jan 2016

Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin

Mike Gaworecki 21 Jan 2016

2015 was the worst year on record for rhino poaching in Africa

Mike Gaworecki 21 Jan 2016

Scientists rush to save an iconic frog from an active volcano in Ecuador

Mike Gaworecki 21 Jan 2016

Widespread death of evergreens predicted in American Southwest

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jan 2016

International embargo on exports of Madagascar’s precious woods extended

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jan 2016

Countries call for new CITES protections for rosewood species

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016

Is intensification helping the cattle industry go Amazon deforestation-free?

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jan 2016

Two new frog species discovered in remote Madagascar rainforest

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jan 2016

Scientists sound alarm over hydropower’s impacts on tropical fish biodiversity

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jan 2016

California declares state of emergency after methane gas leak forces thousands from their homes

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jan 2016

New species of venomous snake discovered in endangered Mexican cloud forests

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jan 2016

Marine protected areas are helping the Mesoamerican Reef recover

Mike Gaworecki 6 Jan 2016

Here are the top happy environmental stories of 2015

Mike Gaworecki 31 Dec 2015

California’s ongoing drought threatens nearly 60 million large trees

Mike Gaworecki 30 Dec 2015

Here Are The Top 15 Environmental Stories of 2015

Mike Gaworecki 30 Dec 2015

Photo Essay: Paraguay’s last remnant of intact Atlantic Forest

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2015

China’s demand for rosewood is destroying forests in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, In Africa

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2015

Mapping the evidence: Researchers urge use of new tools to better understand impacts of conservation and sustainability programs

Mike Gaworecki 22 Dec 2015

Indigenous leaders at COP21: 20 percent of tropical forest carbon is sitting on Indigenous land

Mike Gaworecki 2 Dec 2015

Deforestation in Colombia up nearly 20 percent last year, but down in the Colombian Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 26 Nov 2015

Researchers are inducing a drought in an Australian rainforest to study its effects

Mike Gaworecki 25 Nov 2015

U.S. National Institutes of Health to stop using chimpanzees for research altogether

Mike Gaworecki 24 Nov 2015

World’s vast boreal forests could ‘hit a tipping point’ this century, scientists say

Mike Gaworecki 23 Nov 2015

Researchers in Peru capture some of the Amazon’s rarest and most elusive wildlife on video

Mike Gaworecki 23 Nov 2015

New ‘Forest 500’ report finds both public and private sector have long way to go on deforestation

Mike Gaworecki 20 Nov 2015

Rising global temperatures could shrink paychecks by almost one-fourth

Mike Gaworecki 19 Nov 2015

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