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Dot Physics

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Really Make the Days Longer?

Give a Dam

America’s Aging Dams Are a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

Climate Crisis

Global Warming Is Wreaking Havoc on the Planet’s Water Cycle

Infectious Disease

This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe

Extreme Weather

How the World Can Cope Better With Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

Untapped Potential

The Outrageous Scheme to Capture and Sell Greenland’s Meltwater

True Crime

The Real Story of The Order

Deep Water

California Can Slake the Thirst of Its Farms by Storing Water Underground

Dry Spell

Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought

Waste Not

The $60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets

Q+A

Jane Goodall Thinks It’s Not Too Late to Save the World

Making It Rain

Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be

Charter Cities

A Lawsuit From Backers of a ‘Startup City’ Could Bankrupt Honduras

Energy

A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback

Biodiversity

In Defense of Parasitic Worms

Year In Review

Spying on Beavers From Space Could Help Save California

Watershed Moment

Hydro Dams Are Struggling to Handle the World’s Intensifying Weather

Baby Steps

Biden Bans Rival Nations From Buying Sensitive US Data—Good Luck

Green Mile

This Radical Plan to Make Roads Greener Actually Works

Year In Review

20 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2023

Climate Change

A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland’s Ice

Planet Pioneers

Inside the DIY Movement to Fight Coastal Erosion

Federal Audit

Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens

Code Red

California’s Giant Sequoias Are in Big Trouble