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How “Crustivoltaics” Could Restore Arid Lands

How Penguins Dump on Climate Change

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Looming Threat of “Phosphogeddon”

William Shakespeare…Eco Warrior?

Whales Are Wailing Less and Fighting More

How to Help Poor Countries Protect Nature

Three Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Climate

A Royal Pain—How King Tides in California Reveal a Troubling Future

This “007” Keeps the Ocean Safe from Plastic

A Railroad Strike Could Derail Water Systems

Four Dams Are Coming Down

A Drone You Can Eat?

How a Town Survived Hurricane Ian Without a Scratch

A Car That Captures Carbon As It Drives

Too Little Water in California? How About Too Much.

One Solution to the Climate Crisis is a Pane in the Glass

Going Outside...How Hot Is Too Hot?

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Can We Worm Our Way Out of Our Plastic Pollution Problem?

Congress Appears Pumped to Fight Climate Change

Ships that Run on Ocean Plastic

Using Old Face Masks to Cut Carbon

Taking the Waste Out of Wastewater

Using Garbage to Break Ties with Russia

Rivers and Lakes Are Still Polluted 50 Years After the Clean Water Act

Kite Energy Might Start to Soar

Tips from the Bible on Eating Sustainably

Generating Power While Saving Water

A Guilt-Free Shower...Even in Droughts?

A Winter Olympics Without Any Real Snow

Swimming in the Seine, Again

How Inmates Are Saving an Iconic American Landscape—and Themselves