Katherine Rapin: Nature’s Tools Help Clean Up Urban Rivers
Bringing back bivalves and reintroducing aquatic plants can connect people to their waterways—and the ecosystems we all depend on.
Lourdes Medrano: Mexican Farmers and Scientists Share a Mission: Saving a Wetland
Once mutually wary, farmers and scientists are working jointly to save a key ecosystem — and an endangered salamander.
Debra Perrone, Scott Jasechko: Water wells are at risk of going dry in the US and worldwide
Households already are running out of well water in the Central Valley and southeastern Arizona. Beyond the Southwest, wells have been running dry in states as diverse as Maine, Illinois and Oregon.
Andreea Sterea: The Looming U.S. Water Crisis
America is going through a water crisis, and we’re going to face even more dire times if it doesn’t begin to change soon.
Matthew D. Moran: Bison are back and that benefits many other species on the Great Plains
Driving north of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, an extraordinary landscape comes into view. Trees disappear and an immense landscape of grass emerges, undulating in the wind like a great, green ocean. This … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Inhospitable Planet
There may be water on Mars. But is there intelligent life on Earth? Evidence for flowing water on Mars – this opens up the possibility of life; of wonders we … Continue reading
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