May 30, 2018
The Scientists Trying to Save Beer from Climate Change
A warmer, drier future is coming for our hops. Luckily, these folks have developed a nice little workaround, thanks to a gene-editing tool that could help create a hop-free beer.
Climate Change
May 29, 2018
Alaska Wants to Build a Second 800-Mile Pipeline
Some see economic windfall. Others, a carbon bomb.
May 25, 2018
NPS Report—Gasp!—Acknowledges Climate Change
Political and journalistic pressure foiled Interior Department attempts to censor a climate report. Not surprisingly, its findings aren't good.
May 23, 2018
What the Worst Winter in 60 Years Did to Ski Resorts
2018 was one of the driest seasons on record. How many resorts can survive another like it?
May 17, 2018
California's $4 Billion Plan to Get People Outside
Proposition 68 aims to fund parks and outdoor spaces where it'll make the most difference—in urban areas. Will voters buy it?
May 7, 2018
How to Make Millions While Saving a Forest
Tribes and Native-owned corporations are making huge profits by conserving their forests for carbon offset programs—an effort that could revolutionize conservation
Apr 18, 2018
Climate Change, Wildfire, and the Future of Forests
Researchers studied 1,500 Rocky Mountain forests that had been burned by wildfires. They found that most of the woods aren't recovering after the blaze—and in some cases, they're not returning at all. The culprit? A warming planet.
Apr 13, 2018
On the Ground During Cape Town's Water Crisis
Amid the worst drought on record, the city has threatened to turn off the taps on its nearly 4 million residents. Our correspondent spent a week there while he could still get a shower.
Apr 4, 2018
The World’s Wilderness: Going, Going and Soon Gone?
Recent studies have arrived at the same blunt conclusion: the world’s last, big wildlands are disappearing at an alarming rate. Is there anything to be done?
Mar 19, 2018
Climate Change Could Make Avalanches More Dangerous
Study finds that high-elevation areas in the Himalaya are seeing wetter, more frequent slides