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CRISIS ON THE COLORADO: PART IV

In Era of Drought, Phoenix Prepares for a Future Without Colorado River Water

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

Crisis on the Colorado: Part I

The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry?

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood

A research diver looks for signs of stony coral tissue loss disease in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

As Disease Ravages Coral Reefs, Scientists Scramble for Solutions

By Ret Talbot

Partially submerged houses in Kerala, India last August.

Water

In India, Nature’s Power Overwhelms Engineered Wetlands

By Fred Pearce

Flooded homes in Ocean County, New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy in October 2012.

Interview

Coastal Warning: An Unwelcome Messenger on the Risks of Rising Seas

By Gilbert M. Gaul

Mexicali, Mexico / Calexico, California, United States

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

By Katherine Bagley

Interview

Climate Solutions: Is It Feasible to Remove Enough CO2 from the Air?

By Elizabeth Kolbert

Hurricane Florence as seen from the International Space Station on September 10.

Opinion

Why the Current Hurricane Rating System Needs to Be Scrapped

By Rob Young and Katie McDowell Peek

In Miami Beach (above), as elsewhere on the U.S. East Coast, flooding from seasonal high tides has been made worse in recent years by rising seas.

Flooding Hot Spots: Why Seas Are Rising Faster on the U.S. East Coast

By Jim Morrison

A rain garden manages stormwater runoff in Philadelphia's Germantown section.

With a Green Makeover, Philadelphia Is Tackling Its Stormwater Problem

By Bruce Stutz

Islanders estimate that about half of the population have already moved from Isle de Jean Charles, including 42-year-old Keith Brunet, who moved his wife and two children from this house to Houma. He had mucked enough mud out of his house from hurricanes to call it quits on his island home. "You get tired of it," he said in February 2018.

On the Louisiana Coast, A Native Community Sinks Slowly into the Sea

By Ted Jackson

E360 Video

On the Chesapeake, A Precarious Future of Rising Seas and High Tides

Sea level rise has worsened high tide flooding in Venice, submerging wide areas of the city such as the iconic Piazza San Marco, seen here in 2008.

Rising Waters: Can a Massive Barrier Save Venice from Drowning?

By Jeff Goodell

Governor Jerry Brown recently pushed through an extension of California’s cap-and-trade program.

As Trump Retreats, States Are Joining Forces on Climate Action

By Elizabeth Shogren

Extensive flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey in southeast Texas on Aug. 31, 2017.

Interview

As Harvey’s Floodwaters Recede, How Should Houston Rebuild?

By Diane Toomey

Giant sequoias in Sequoia National Park.

In the Sierras, New Approaches to Protecting Forests Under Stress

By Janet Marinelli

Marvin Thomas, a longtime civic activist, stands at a Southbridge intersection that has flooded repeatedly in recent years.

Before the Storm

A Vulnerable Community Braces for the Impacts of Sea Level Rise

By Bruce Stutz

Thousands of Homes Keep Flooding, Yet They Keep Being Rebuilt Again

By Katherine Bagley

Can Pulling Carbon from Air Make a Difference on Climate?

Numerous technologies exist to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and new companies are entering the field. But can CO2 ‘air capture’ scale up from a niche business to an industry that will lower atmospheric concentrations of CO2?

By Nicola Jones

A view of downtown Rotterdam, the Netherlands. “Fighting water is a war you never win,” says one Dutch official. View gallery.

A Tale of Two Northern European Cities: Meeting the Challenges of Sea Level Rise

By Daniel Grossman and Photos by Alex MacLean

A dike, the green strip along the coast, protects flower fields and wind turbines in the northern Netherlands.

PHOTO GALLERY

A Tale of Two Northern European Cities: Meeting the Challenge of Sea Level Rise

By Photos by Alex MacLean