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  • The cover of "Did They Make the Gradient?" featuring a black and white photo of a flume installed in a stream to measure streamflow.
    If the temperature of a stream rises too high, the animals that live in the stream may find it difficult…
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    Did They Make the Gradient? Climate and Stream Temperatures Now and Into the Future

  • illustration of the back of a car on a street under a tree
    The scientists in this study wanted to know if cars parked in shady parking lots emit fewer gases than cars parked in…
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    Don’t Be So Fuel-ish! How Much Fuel Is Saved When Cars Are Parked in the Shade?

  • Don't Be So Fuelish cover in Spanish
    The scientists in this study wanted to know if cars parked in shady parking lots emit fewer gases than cars parked in…
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    Don’t Be So Fuel-ish! How Much Fuel Is Saved When Cars Are Parked in the Shade? (Spanish)

  • The cover of the article "Food for the Soil" featuring a photo of Dr. David D'Amore standing in a forest.
    In this article, learn about soils and the amount of salmon-derived nutrients (SDN) in Southeast Alaska! Salmon-derived nutrients are nutrients…
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    Food for the Soil: Soil and the Amount of Salmon-Derived Nutrients in Southeast Alaska

  • Cover for the 'Owl-ch' article.The main image is a photo of a pair of Mexican spotted owls sitting on a tree branch.
    Scientists investigated what might happen to Mexican spotted owls as the air temperature continues to rise in a changing climate.…
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    Owl-ch! – How a Changing Climate Might Affect Mexican Spotted Owls

  • Cover for the Timed Travel article. The main image is a photograph of the Yakima River.
    Water temperature helps regulate aquatic ecosystems, and, for many aquatic organisms, life-cycle phases are tied to water temperature. Salmon eggs,…
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    Timed Travel: Measuring the Relationship Between Stream Temperatures and the Development of Salmon

  • Front cover of National Inquirer Climate Change edition with images of scientists, a wolverine, and a field
    Is the Earth’s environment changing over time? In the past few years, most scientists have agreed on at least one…
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    Natural Inquirer – Vol. 14 No. 1

  • The cover of the Spanish Urban Forest cover
    What are urban forests? Urban forests are the trees and other plants that grow where people live, go to school,…
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    Urban Forest – Spanish

  • The cover for the Natural Inquirer Woodsy Owl Edition: Lend a Hand - Care for the Land! The main image is a photograph of a park ranger and a kid next to a stream holding small nets.
    The Woodsy Owl edition examines research on a variety of topics including how climate change affects owls in the Southwest,…
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    The Woodsy Owl Edition – Vol. 1 No. 22

  • Cover of the Freshwater NI journal. The main image is a photo of a freshwater lake.
    In the Natural Inquirer Freshwater edition, you will learn many new things about Earth’s freshwater. As you read each article,…
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    Freshwater – Vol. 18 No. 1

  • Cover of the Natural Inquirer with illustrations of people interacting with nature
    What are urban forests? Urban forests are the trees and other plants that grow where people live, go to school,…
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    Urban Forest – Vol. 6 No. 1