Less Is More When Restoring Wetlands
Many wetland recovery programs have failed by trying to re-create the original ecosystems. Recent successes have focused on one or two limited goals and have let nature take it from there
Louisiana Wetlands Tattered by Industrial Canals, Not Just River Levees
Canals allow seawater to kill marsh vegetation, and responsibility could be settled in court
World Changing Ideas 2012
10 innovations that are radical enough to alter our lives
Is Global Warming Happening Faster Than Expected?
Loss of ice, melting of permafrost and other climate effects are occurring at an alarming pace
Our Extreme Future: Predicting and Coping with the Effects of a Changing Climate
Adapting to extreme weather calls for a combination of restoring wetland and building drains and sewers that can handle the water. But leaders and the public are slow to catch on. Final part of a three-part series
Global Warming and the Science of Extreme Weather
How rising temperatures change weather and produce fiercer, more frequent storms. Second of a three-part series
Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather Is a Product of Climate Change
More violent and frequent storms, once merely a prediction of climate models, are now a matter of observation. Part 1 of a three-part series