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Environment

The Birth and Death of a Landscape

A trip to a Louisiana river delta reveals an ecosystem that is growing up.

May 11, 2016

Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too

How a steady diet of fertilizers has turned crops into couch potatoes.

Biosphere—The Remake

This time the test is Earth’s own ecological future.

March 7, 2016

The Ecologist Who Threw Starfish

Robert Paine showed us the surprising importance of predators.

March 7, 2016

How Climate Change Could Starve the Monkeys

My sister the scientist makes a startling discovery in an Ugandan jungle.

February 9, 2016

Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong

A geologist explains that climate change is not just about a global average sea rise.

February 9, 2016