How Airplane Contrails Are Helping Make the Planet Warmer

By Fred Pearce

China Wrestles with the Toxic Aftermath of Rare Earth Mining

By Michael Standaert

Scientists Zero in on Trees as a Surprisingly Large Source of Methane

By Fred Pearce

As Water Scarcity Increases, Desalination Plants Are on the Rise

By Jim Robbins

Geoengineer the Planet? More Scientists Now Say It Must Be an Option

By Fred Pearce

How an Illicit Chemical Is Jeopardizing Recovery of the Ozone Layer

By Richard Conniff

Fifty Years After, A Daunting Cleanup of Vietnam’s Toxic Legacy

By George Black

On Java’s Coast, A Natural Approach to Holding Back the Waters

By Fred Pearce

The Toll of Tourism: Can Southeast Asia Save Its Prized Natural Areas?

By Nithin Coca

Analysis

Why Green Pledges Will Not Create the Natural Forests We Need

By Fred Pearce

Analysis

Will Large Protected Areas Save the Oceans or Politicize Them?

By Fred Pearce

Species Sleuths: Amateur Naturalists Spark a New Wave of Discovery

By Jessica Leber

Piling Up: How China’s Ban on Importing Waste Has Stalled Global Recycling

By Cheryl Katz

How Crowdsourcing Seeds Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

By Virginia Gewin

Development

The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World’s Sand

By Fred Pearce

The Rosewood Trade: An Illicit Trail from Forest to Furniture

By Sandy Ong and Edward Carver

Opinion

A Highway Megaproject Tears at the Heart of New Guinea’s Rainforest

By William Laurance

In India’s Fast-Growing Cities, a Grassroots Effort to Save the Trees

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar

Analysis

How China’s Big Overseas Initiative Threatens Global Climate Progress

By Isabel Hilton

Water

In India, Nature’s Power Overwhelms Engineered Wetlands

By Fred Pearce

Sparing vs Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature

By Fred Pearce