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Environment

The Hidden Fruits of the Deep

Vast meadows sprawl far beyond the old boundaries drawn for seagrasses. They may provide a unique refuge for biodiversity.

December 8, 2020

New Fish Data Reveal How Evolutionary Bursts Create Species

In three bursts of adaptive change, one species of cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika gave rise to hundreds.

December 3, 2020

Getting To The Bottom Of It All

Undersea explorer Victor Vescovo has piloted submersibles to the deepest depth of each of the world’s oceans, a feat shared by no one else on earth.

November 24, 2020

To Save the Ocean We Need Less Talk, More Action

After helping the world’s largest pension fund divest from fossil fuels, Nina Jensen tackles the ocean’s problems.

November 19, 2020

What You Can Learn from Living in Antarctica

Wisdom from the end of the Earth.

November 11, 2020

Coral Griefs: Finding Hope Amidst Loss

Marine biologists have a front-row seat to catastrophic environmental change. There are lessons in how they cope.

October 27, 2020

Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Environmentalism

To stop destroying nature, developers are mimicking it.

The Greening of Antarctica

Few have witnessed the impact of global warming more closely than this scientist.

October 7, 2020

Kim Stanley Robinson Holds Out Hope

The science-fiction author on why climate change doesn’t have to be humanity’s final story.

October 7, 2020

How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment

To preserve nature, we need to open our minds to it.

September 30, 2020

Reciprocity in the Age of Extinction

After so much taking, it’s time to give.

September 17, 2020