Once a Rich Desert River, the Gila Struggles to Keep Flowing

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Urban Refuge: How Cities Can Help Solve the Biodiversity Crisis

By Janet Marinelli

Europe’s Drive to Slash Plastic Waste Moves Into High Gear

By Paul Hockenos

Cities Confront Climate Challenge: How to Move from Gas to Electricity?

By Jonathan Mingle

In Europe, a Backlash Is Growing Over Incinerating Garbage

By Beth Gardiner

The Oil Well Next Door: California’s Silent Health Hazard

By Judith Lewis Mernit

Interview

Stealth Chemicals: A Call to Action on a Threat to Human Fertility

By Jon Hurdle

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

By Ann Parson

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

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

Interview

Filthy Water: A Basic Sanitation Problem Persists in Rural America

By Katherine Bagley

Public Health

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

Pollution

Getting the Lead Out: Why Battery Recycling Is a Global Health Hazard

By Fred Pearce

As Miami Keeps Building, Rising Seas Deepen Its Social Divide

By Mario Alejandro Ariza

A Flood of Polluting Air Conditioners Hampers Africa’s Climate Efforts

By Peyton Fleming

Why Bioplastics Will Not Solve the World’s Plastics Problem

By Jim Robbins