Environment
Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too
How a steady diet of fertilizers has turned crops into couch potatoes.
The Ecologist Who Threw Starfish
Robert Paine showed us the surprising importance of predators.
How Climate Change Could Starve the Monkeys
My sister the scientist makes a startling discovery in an Ugandan jungle.
Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong
A geologist explains that climate change is not just about a global average sea rise.
How to Restart an Ecosystem
Economics and conservation are converging to resurrect one of the planet’s greatest parks.