• About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • Postcards From the Field
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive: 2015–2025
  • Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • Postcards From the Field
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive: 2015–2025
  • Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Support Eos
Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • Postcards From the Field
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive: 2015–2025
  • Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

Indigenous Peoples & Traditional Knowledges

Aerial view of the Colorado River
Posted inNews

Building Resilience in the Face of a Dwindling Colorado River

Jane Palmer, Science Writer by Jane Palmer 5 August 202225 October 2022

Policymakers, industry and conservation professionals, and tribal members explore pathways to a sustainable future for the millions of people reliant on the “lifeblood of the American West.”

Cráteres en tierras deforestadas por minería ilegal en la tierra Indígena de Tenharim do Igarapé Preto, en el estado de Amazonas, Brasil.
Posted inENGAGE, News

La minería amenaza a las poblaciones Indígenas aisladas del Amazonas

by Meghie Rodrigues 5 August 202224 March 2023

Un proyecto de ley en el Congreso Brasileño permitiría la expansión minera en territorios Indígenas. Una nueva investigación demuestra cómo esto podría afectar radicalmente a los pueblos aislados.

A panoramic image of a tall waterfall in a verdant and lush tropical valley. The waterfall is along the left side of the valley, and trees with bright green, dark green, and yellow leaves fill the valley floor and cover the valley walls. A grayish sky with mist is above the valley.
Posted inNews

Maui Endures More Drought and Drier Streams

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 29 July 202229 July 2022

Drought continues to threaten Maui’s native land-based and marine ecosystems, water resources, and traditional ways of life. But conservationists have hope—and ways to fight back.

Tero Mustonen skis across snow-covered Sweden.
Posted inFeatures

Tero Mustonen: Disrupting the Status Quo

Jane Palmer, Science Writer by Jane Palmer 25 July 202225 July 2022

Advocating for the importance of Traditional Knowledges in Finland and beyond.

Hopi farmer Michael Kotutwa Johnson tends corn on his northern Arizona farm.
Posted inFeatures

Michael Kotutwa Johnson: A Voice for Indigenous Agriculture

Jane Palmer, Science Writer by Jane Palmer 25 July 202225 July 2022

A farmer draws on Traditional Knowledges to restore the Native American food system.

New Zealand’s Whakaari/White Island
Posted inFeatures

Studying Volcanoes through Myths, Legends, & Other Unconventional Data

by Nancy Averett 22 April 20221 June 2022

Studying historic eruptions through a storytelling lens often improves our understanding of and ability to prepare for such events.

The Colorado River winds through canyons near Page, Ariz.
Posted inNews

Endangered Rivers Plagued by Pollution, Climate Change, and Outdated Management

by Jennifer Schmidt 19 April 202219 April 2022

The annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers includes practical calls to action to turn the tide on threatened U.S. waterways.

Two pods of the lost crop little barley against a blurred background
Posted inFeatures

Could “Lost Crops” Help Us Adapt to Climate Change?

by Andrew Chapman 8 April 20221 June 2023

Archaeology might not solve all the agricultural challenges that climate change will bring, but it could provide important lessons and a record of new ideas.

A person holding soil lets it fall from one hand to the other with a blurred background.
Posted inNews

Traditional Fertilizers Beat Out Industrial Chemicals in Soil Health Test

by Andrew Chapman 29 March 202229 March 2022

New research in western India found that fertilizer based on Traditional Ecological Knowledge made soil more fertile in a head-to-head test with industrial fertilizers.

Close-up of a booted foot and the head of a hoe as dark soil is turned. Young corn plants are out of focus in the background.
Posted inFeatures

The Nutrient-Rich Legacy in the Amazon’s Dark Earths

by Kate Evans 23 March 20227 November 2024

Fertile terra preta soils were created through centuries of carefully managed land use. Scientists are taking cues from these soils to better sequester carbon and improve soil for agriculture.

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 12 Older posts
Over a dark blue-green square appear the words Special Report: The State of the Science 1 Year On.

Features from AGU Publications

Research Spotlights

Getting to Know Uranus’s “Breathing” Bow Shock

7 August 20267 August 2026
Editors' Highlights

Late Campanian Arabia-Eastern Anatolia Collision

4 August 20264 August 2026
Editors' Vox

How Bubbles Reshape Air-Sea Gas Exchange

5 August 20265 August 2026
Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2026 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved Powered by Newspack