Dan Zukowski

From house sparrows to polar bears, wildlife face a daunting array of man-made dangers including climate change, urbanization, pollution, and more. In this lecture, Dan Zukowski relates how wildlife is struggling, persevering, and adapting to a changing world - and how we can help.

Janine Jackson interviewed Dan Zukowski about climate disruption for the June 30, 2017, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Getting reporters to pay attention to all of the stories of climate change is an urgent and ongoing effort. Our next guest is a contributor to that work. Dan Zukowski is an environmental writer. His work appears in EnviroNews as well as other outlets. He joins us now by phone from Maine. Welcome to CounterSpin, Dan Zukowski.

There are people covering the many stories of climate disruption more thoughtfully. We’ll talk about some of the many stories to be told with environmental writer Dan Zukowski; his work appears in EnviroNews among other outlets.

A special presentation in honor of Earth Day, highlighting conservation success stories from coast to coast.

Dan shares his stories about photographing polar bears in the Canadian Arctic during their annual migration out to the sea ice, and discusses threats to their habitat resulting from climate change.