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Dr. Bruce Stein is a leading expert on biodiversity conservation and the impacts of climate change on wildlife. As NWF’s Director of Climate Change Adaptation he focuses on safeguarding people and wildlife from climate change impacts, and on advancing climate-smart conservation through policy and practice.
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Climate Change Putting Even Common Plants and Animals at Risk

5/14/2013 // Bruce Stein

More than half of plants (57%) and more than a third (34%) of vertebrate animals are at risk of losing the majority of their climatically suitable habitats in the absence of serious actions to reduce carbon pollution. Read more >

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Inauguration Cherry Blossoms: A Harbinger of Climate Impacts to Come

1/22/2013 // Bruce Stein

Making my way across the grounds of the Washington Monument yesterday to witness Barack Obama’s second inauguration, I came across a disconcerting sight. Lulled by unseasonably warm temperatures and a false sense of spring, the pale pink petals of young… Read more >

Miami blue butterfly on Bahia Honda in 2003. This species was last seen on the island in January 2010. Photo: J. Glassberg.

Invaders in Paradise

1/17/2013 // Bruce Stein

Every family has holiday traditions. Our tradition for the past several years has been to pack up the kayaks and fishing gear and spend the holidays camping in the Florida Keys at Bahia Honda State Park. Known to most for… Read more >

Understanding changes in land cover and climate will be key to managing wildfire. Photo by John McColgan, BLM.

A Top 40 List for Conservation

4/6/2011 // Bruce Stein

As the now famous “snowpocalypse” blizzard raged across Washington DC in February of 2010, a small group huddled in a downtown office to create a “Top 40” list. This top 40 chart was not being drawn up for the ubiquitous… Read more >

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Keeping the Dominos from Falling in the Gulf’s Food Chain

11/10/2010 // Bruce Stein

Although images of oil-drenched pelicans and blackened marshes are fading from public consciousness, researchers are grappling with the long-term impacts of the BP oil disaster on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. One of the greatest concerns is the potential collapse… Read more >

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New Global Analysis Shows Value of Conservation

10/26/2010 // Bruce Stein

The future of life on Earth is on the negotiating table in Nagoya, Japan as delegates from more than 190 countries grapple with carrying out the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Created at the Earth Summit in 1992,… Read more >