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Tame Your Climate Anxiety in 2024

A poet invited people to share their climate fears. What she found surprised her.

December 28, 2023

How Dust Could Help Solve Crimes

Hold the vacuum cleaner! There’s evidence in those motes.

December 11, 2023

A Dubious Cure for Ocean Plastics

Popular removal methods might do more harm than good.

November 16, 2023

A Cyclone, a Flood, and a Very Big Park

How scientists harnessed disaster to chart a path for climate resilience.

November 15, 2023

The Creeping Coral Killer

Aggressive algae have been spreading unnoticed across reefs throughout the tropics for decades.

November 13, 2023

A Slow-Moving Disaster in California

More than 90 percent of coastal wetlands have been altered or destroyed. What’s next?

November 10, 2023

Sand Mafias Battle for the New Gold

Violent gangsterism and illegal operations dominate sand mining in the global south.

November 8, 2023

No Fish, No Food

How warming oceans could deplete nutrition for millions in the tropics.

November 3, 2023

A Plastic Oasis in the Sea

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t all garbage. It’s also an ecosystem.

October 25, 2023

A Fragile Equilibrium

Inside one national park’s quest to make peace between humans and animals.

October 23, 2023

Elephants Are Total Scaredy-Cats Around Bees

The buzz on preventing elephants from plundering communities.

October 23, 2023

My 3 Greatest Revelations

The author on writing her new book “Ignition,” her dive into the new science of fighting wildfires.

October 17, 2023