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How “Crustivoltaics” Could Restore Arid Lands

A Grueling Sporting Event Is Doing Science

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Looming Threat of “Phosphogeddon”

High Hopes for the High Seas

Whales Are Wailing Less and Fighting More

How to Help Poor Countries Protect Nature

The True Reason for Attila the Hun’s Raids

Red to Grow, Blue to Flow

A Railroad Strike Could Derail Water Systems

A Drone You Can Eat?

How Solar Panels Save Water

To Make This Battery Work, Just Add Water

How Salt Can Predict Rain

Feds Give States Just 60 Days to Act

Can We Worm Our Way Out of Our Plastic Pollution Problem?

Congress Appears Pumped to Fight Climate Change

Denver Is Using Its Sewage to Fight Climate Change

Cacti Are in a Prickly Situation

Using Garbage to Break Ties with Russia

A Vegetable That Can Clean Drinking Water

Rivers and Lakes Are Still Polluted 50 Years After the Clean Water Act

Kite Energy Might Start to Soar

A Setback for Oil and Gas