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

From High Above, A New Way of Seeing Our Urban Planet

By Katherine Bagley

Analysis

After a Long Boom, an Uncertain Future for Big Dam Projects

By Jacques Leslie

‘Rhino Coin’: Can a Cryptocurrency Help Save Africa’s Rhinoceroses?

By Adam Welz

Interview

Understanding How Elephants Think Is Key to Protecting Them

By Richard Schiffman

Redrawing the Map: How the World’s Climate Zones Are Shifting

By Nicola Jones

Opinion

Why the Current Hurricane Rating System Needs to Be Scrapped

By Rob Young and Katie McDowell Peek

Conflicting Data: How Fast Is the World Losing its Forests?

By Fred Pearce

Interview

A Global Ban on Fishing on the High Seas? The Time Is Now

By Richard Schiffman

Analysis

Paris Conundrum: How to Know How Much Carbon Is Being Emitted?

By Fred Pearce

In India’s Largest City, A Ban on Plastics Faces Big Obstacles

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar