This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2025, botanists Rodrigo Cámara-Leret and Juan Carlos Copete embarked on a two-hour boat ride down the Vaupés River in the Colombian Amazon, followed by a two-hour hike to the…
When George LaComb moved two years ago to a new high school in Orlando, Florida, he quickly noticed safety precautions that the football team at his previous, less affluent school…
Water supports the food we eat, the businesses that make our cities go, and the AI and data centers that are driving the world’s economy. Water is the single ingredient…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The climate movement has long been missing a critical ingredient. We have pushed countries—especially those most responsible for the climate crisis—to accelerate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They tend…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no secret our planet is heating up. And here’s the evidence: we’ve just experienced the 11 hottest years on record, with 2025 being the second or third warmest in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis. Floods are destroying infrastructure that took decades to build. Droughts are collapsing harvests and displacing…
By the time Atlanta hosts a World Cup semifinal at Mercedes‑Benz Stadium this summer, city officials will have spent years pouring billions into a new entertainment district and transit upgrades…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I want to share a fact that should blow us all away: According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global pesticide use has just about doubled since 1990.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hungry gulls do not only steal our chips and sandwiches. They learn our habits, and look for reliable sources of food. That includes waste treatment centres, landfill or anywhere food…
On a stretch of prime agricultural land in California’s Sacramento Valley, native grasses, milkweed and wildflowers grow in tight rows under the state’s wide blue sky at the native seed…
Brionté McCorkle opened her latest Georgia Power bill and started doing some math to try to understand where her money was going. As utility prices rise, the total was $233…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Increasing demand for songbirds in the songbird trade is raising the risk of “secondary extinctions” of so-called “master birds” in Southeast Asia, conservationists warn. While these birds never enter the region’s…