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Environment

As Winters Shrink, Our Discontent Grows

Our sense of order is disappearing with the snow packs.

November 13, 2019

We Need to Talk About Peat

Earth’s great storehouses of carbon are looking ominous.

November 6, 2019

Never Underestimate the Intelligence of Trees

Plants communicate, nurture their seedlings, and get stressed.

October 30, 2019

Why We’re Drawn Into Darkness

Author Robert MacFarlane on the awe and horror of subterranean places.

October 9, 2019

Piecing Together the Big Picture of Coral Reef Health

Scientists are seeing a glimmer of hope in the complicated future of coral reefs.

May 29, 2019

The Dam Problem in the West

On a raft trip down the Green River, a writer faces her environmental preconceptions.

April 3, 2019

How Imagination Will Save Our Cities

Scientists might need to take a cue from artists to adapt our cities for climate change.

March 6, 2019

This Is Urban Wildlife Biology

Minks in TV graveyards, and other stories of Chicago’s hidden animals.

October 3, 2018

Stranger Places

Brief encounters with cuckoos.

August 7, 2018

Is Fixing the Climate Incompatible with American Ideals?

Inalienable rights in the age of carbon dioxide.

July 10, 2018

Is This Man the Elon Musk of E-Waste?

Eric Lundgren’s electric car goes farther than a Tesla. He’s also going to prison.

July 10, 2018