Environment

We’ve starved marshes of their essential sediment—now can we repair them in time?

Saving reefs is possible—but there are challenges.

The moon contains a lot of mineral wealth—but how practical is mining it?

The oceans belong to no one. But we can all take part to protect them.

The Anthropocene demands a massive realignment of priorities.

8 waste products that come back to haunt us.

We hastily dispose of dead whales, ignoring the ecological significance of their carcasses.

Dave Ford chartered a cruise for Fortune 500 company leaders and activists to dive into an environmental crisis.

For sea life, the ocean is becoming an intolerable racket.

Our appetite is destroying a natural bulwark against climate change.

The collapse of our pollinators may no longer be headlines, but we’re still killing their buzz.

The lush biodiversity of the Amazon may be due in part to the dynamics of branching rivers, which serve as invisible fences that continuously barricade and merge bird populations.

Mo’orea, a Pacific Island, spotlights the rift in conservation between foreign scientists and Indigenous people.