Features

How Paving With Plastic Could Make a Dent in the Global Waste Problem

By Ann Parson

Assisting Evolution: How Far Should We Go to Help Species Adapt?

By Elizabeth Kolbert

Water Warning: The Looming Threat of the World’s Aging Dams

By Fred Pearce

In a Refinery’s Ashes, Hope for an End to Decades of Pollution

By Jon Hurdle

Opinion

Avoiding a ‘Ghastly Future’: Hard Truths on the State of the Planet

By Carl Safina

On U.S. Public Lands, Can Biden Undo What Trump Has Wrought?

By Jim Robbins

Forest Defenders: A Panamanian Tribe Regains Control of Its Lands

By Fred Pearce

Water

As World’s Deltas Sink, Rising Seas Are Far from Only Culprit

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

As Big Energy Gains, Can Europe’s Community Renewables Compete?

By Paul Hockenos

Can Geothermal Power Play a Key Role in the Energy Transition?

By Jim Robbins

Photo Essay

Overview: Transforming Land and Sea for a More Sustainable World

In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise

By Cheryl Katz

Interview

Filthy Water: A Basic Sanitation Problem Persists in Rural America

By Katherine Bagley

How Non-Native Plants Are Contributing to a Global Insect Decline

By Janet Marinelli

Opinion

How Biden Can Put the U.S. on a Path to Carbon-Free Electricity

By Michael Gerrard

Conservation

Amid Tensions in Myanmar, An Indigenous Park of Peace Is Born

By Fred Pearce

As South Africa Clings to Coal, A Struggle for the Right to Breathe

By Chloe Williams

Interview

Equitable Retreat: The Need for Fairness in Relocating Coastal Communities

By Katherine Bagley

At Sea and in Court, the Fight to Save Right Whales Intensifies

By Rene Ebersole

OPINION

Learning How to Talk: What Climate Activists Must Do in the Biden Era

By Bill McKibben

Green Hydrogen: Could It Be Key to a Carbon-Free Economy?

By Jim Robbins