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Environment

scientists at work

To Save Madagascar’s Wildlife, an Entomologist Is Helping Revive a Bug-Based Cuisine

Local insect farms could save lemurs, baobabs, and more.

The Fight to Resurrect the U.K.'s Underwater Meadows of Seagrass

Seagrass captures carbon and creates marine habitat—so scientists are bringing it back.

How Warming Waters and Toxic Clams Threaten Native Alaskans

“If you can’t gather shellfish then you’re going to starve.”

Indigenous People Are at the Forefront of Climate Change Planning in North America

“Tribes have local, place-based cultures and their cultural survival depends on the land."

February 10, 2020

The World Is Studded With Artificial Mountains

They’re fake, but they can be spectacular (and hazardous).

February 3, 2020

environmental disasters

Invasive Catfish Are Rewriting Chesapeake Bay Cuisine

An unloved invader has found its way onto menus across the region.

January 9, 2020

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Floating Farm

The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.

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How Frothy Waves of Sea Foam Coated the Coast of Chennai

Don't play in the bubbles.

December 5, 2019

Atlanta, Georgia

Kendeda Building

This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.

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disappearing world

Mongolia’s Disappearing Ice Patches Threaten Both the Past and the Present

Reindeer herders and archaeologists must adapt to the new normal.

November 20, 2019

disappearing world

More and More Lighthouses Are Moving Away From the Shore

A Danish structure is the latest to evade erosion by migrating inland.

November 19, 2019

Understanding How Bison Might Help Shape the Future of the Badlands

New lessons from resurgent herds.

November 18, 2019

These Girl Scouts Save Wild Bees, One Homemade 'Hotel' at a Time

They repurposed cardboard boxes, old paper straws, and toilet paper rolls to create homes for local bees.

November 6, 2019

Picturing China's Bamboo Chopstick Industry From the Sky

Aerial views highlight a sliver of the huge business.

October 15, 2019

The Green Curtain

Germany’s Iron Curtain is now the Green Belt, but turning the old border into a haven for wildlife has taken much more than just letting it be.

September 29, 2019

How to Bring a Pond Back From the Dead

Norfolk's ghost ponds project wants to help biodiversity, one small wetland at a time.

September 3, 2019

Nepal Is Banning Single-Use Plastics On and Around Everest

Will it help solve the peak's trash problems?

August 26, 2019

'Snowglow' Sounds Charming, But It's a Menace to Night Skies

Fresh powder can worsen light pollution, according to new research from Germany.

August 13, 2019