Can We Cool Warming Cities?
The new, hotter normal requires urban planners and city governments to consider heat hazards when creating climate action plans.
Young People and Eco-Anxiety
As problems caused by climate change become more acute, so too does the eco-anxiety of the world's youth.
Algae: The Food of the Future of the Past
In the years following World War II, American and European food scientists hoped to feed the world with common pond scum supplemented with plastics.
Sustainability in One of the Smallest Countries
Surrounded by rising seas, island nations face particular challenges in terms of growth. How can they best assess the sustainability of future development?
Food Waste: A Persistent Problem
Even when people think wasting food is bad, they tend to toss out as much (or more) food than they eat. Can that behavior be changed?
How Can Cities Keep Water Clean Now and in the Future?
As "megacities" grow in Africa and Asia, assuring residents long-term access to clean water may require a multidisciplinary approach.
Making Climate Communication Nature-Driven
How climate change is represented in popular media allows us to avoid the complex, interconnected roles humans have played to create it.
Restoration in the Heart of the City
Green-Wood cemetery in New York City is also a site of urban grassland management and restoration, an effort to mitigate its contributions to climate change.
Marketed as Natural, this Gas is Complicated
The substitution of natural gas for coal is not a simple matter. The same concerns about climate and environment remain, along with new impacts.
How a Rastafari Community Protects the Land in Trinidad
A small community grows around ecosystem preservation and shared beliefs, to the benefit of the residents and the land they live on.