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In this low-lying, coastal nation inundated by flood after flood, a rural exodus to the cities is reshaping life everywhere.

Wyoming, the country’s top coal producer, is wrangling support for wind power—and not a moment too soon.

After decades-long decline, a dying wetland gets a second chance, with the help of cross-border collaboration between the United States and Mexico.

Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park is home to indigenous people who live in near-total isolation from the rest of the world—and wish to remain that way

The country’s prison industry has little regard for where its facilities are located—even if that means building on noxiously polluted ground.

Nonlethal methods to protect livestock from predators are gaining momentum as pressure mounts to ban poison-spray traps.

These six farmers have found innovative ways to grow plants in today’s climate, whether in corn country or coal country, with fish tanks or smartphones.

The Los Angeles River—as faded and forgotten a Hollywood starlet as there ever was—could be poised for a comeback.

With all the political, economic, and cultural barriers women face, how can we expect them to save us from climate change?

As the world’s saltiest sea shrinks and thousands of sinkholes open in the Holy Land, Israel and Jordan consider a controversial water project.