Hakai Magazine Audio Edition

by Saima Sidik • Researchers in Kotzebue, Alaska, are investigating why their town is increasingly playing host to harmful cyanobacteria. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Spoorthy Raman • In British Columbia, a monitoring project with light traps may illuminate the future of the prized crustaceans. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Jude Isabella • The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty helped us not kill each other and all life on Earth. Can we follow the same steps to avoid mutually assured climate destruction? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Ben Goldfarb • Man’s best friend is a shorebird’s worst enemy. What will it take to control beach dogs—and, more importantly, their owners? The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Andrew Engelson • Take a typical Alaska cruise and see the damage in its wake. The evidence is clear: the industry needs an overhaul. The original story, along with photos, videos, maps, and graphs, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Nicola Jones • Seaweed farmers promise to feed us, combat climate change, support coastal communities, provide wildlife habitat, and more. Can seaweed do it all? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Moira Donovan • Thirty years after the population collapsed, the Atlantic redfish fishery is poised to reopen, providing a second chance at a sustainable fishery. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Brian Payton • Our love of deer runs deep. But as their numbers surge and damage mounts, it may be time for a reckoning. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Egill Bjarnason • It’s amazing no one has died. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Magdalena Puniewska • Despite the desire for local and sustainable seafood, oyster farmers and communities from New York to Rhode Island are clashing over public access and ocean views. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Ann Finkbeiner • How a scientist and a gritty team of activists and students are bringing fresh fish back to Philadelphia’s underserved neighborhoods. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Marissa Grunes • It’s the world’s most vulnerable glacier and key to the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, yet we’re only now getting to know Thwaites Glacier. What took us so long? The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Paul Greenberg • Archaeologist Dimitra Mylona’s odyssey to reveal the Mediterranean Sea’s lost bounty. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar • Despite pressure from development, flamingos seem to be thriving on the shores of one of the world’s most populous cities, and local people are becoming protective of the birds and their habitat. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Moira Donovan • Lobster and snow crab fisheries are booming, but the bait used to catch them—herring and mackerel—is not, so the search for alternative baits is on. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Larry Pynn • Coastal communities around the world contend with the toxic legacies of pulp and paper mills. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Lauren Kaljur • In Howe Sound, British Columbia, a new generation of stewards is keeping careful tabs on the comeback efforts of a tiny fish with big cultural value. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Boyce Upholt • At the DeFelice Marine Center, researchers and staff are living, working, and adapting to climate change in real time. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Isabella Kaminski • In the face of bigger wildfires, deadlier floods, and more extreme weather, plaintiffs around the world are taking up a new tactic: suing for the damage climate change has already wrought. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.

by Sarah Tory • When a grainy video of a grisly mass shooting on the high seas surfaced, one determined detective and a host of NGOs went on a quest for justice. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.