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Microplastics May Be Cooling—and Heating—Earth’s Climate

Planet Plastic

Microplastics May Be Cooling—and Heating—Earth’s Climate

Matt Simon

People Should Drink Way More Recycled Wastewater

Cheers

People Should Drink Way More Recycled Wastewater

Matt Simon

Ground-Level Ozone Is a Creeping Threat to Biodiversity

Stealth Mode

Ground-Level Ozone Is a Creeping Threat to Biodiversity

Jim Robbins

Growing Crops Under Solar Panels? Now There’s a Bright Idea

Food for Thought

Growing Crops Under Solar Panels? Now There’s a Bright Idea

Matt Simon

NASA Is Preparing for the Ravages of Climate Change

Storm Watch

NASA Is Preparing for the Ravages of Climate Change

Ramin Skibba

Carbon-Capturing Sunglasses Offer a View of Fashion's Future

Environment

Carbon-Capturing Sunglasses Offer a View of Fashion's Future

Alden Wicker

Volvo’s Classy All-Electric SUV Is Surprisingly Zippy

EV Review

Volvo’s Classy All-Electric SUV Is Surprisingly Zippy

Roberto Baldwin

Deadly Heat Is Baking Cities. Here’s How to Cool Them Down

The big chill

Deadly Heat Is Baking Cities. Here’s How to Cool Them Down

Matt Simon

The (Very Slow) Race to Move Forests in Time to Save Them

Higher Ground

The (Very Slow) Race to Move Forests in Time to Save Them

Lauren Markham

Feeling Climate Dread? You’re Not Alone

WIRED Q&A

Feeling Climate Dread? You’re Not Alone

Matt Simon

The Grid Isn’t Ready for the Renewable Revolution

Shocking

The Grid Isn’t Ready for the Renewable Revolution

Matt Simon

In New Zealand, People (and Moths) Rediscover Dark Skies

Star Bright

In New Zealand, People (and Moths) Rediscover Dark Skies

Petrina Darrah

How ‘Big Funeral’ Made the Afterlife So Expensive

Ideas

How ‘Big Funeral’ Made the Afterlife So Expensive

Eleanor Cummins

The Controversial Quest to Make Cow Burps Less Noxious

Excuse You

The Controversial Quest to Make Cow Burps Less Noxious

Matt Simon

How Healthy Is Farm Soil? Check How Active Its Microbes Are

The Dirt

How Healthy Is Farm Soil? Check How Active Its Microbes Are

Jennifer Clare Ball

This Software Aims to Smooth Your Flight—and Help the Planet

Traffic Jam

This Software Aims to Smooth Your Flight—and Help the Planet

Aarian Marshall

Climate Change Is the New Dot-Com Bubble

Ideas

Climate Change Is the New Dot-Com Bubble

Paul Ford

Drones May Help Replant Forests—If Enough Seeds Take Root

Airborne

Drones May Help Replant Forests—If Enough Seeds Take Root

Khari Johnson

Valley Fever Is Spreading Through a Hotter, Drier Western US

Public Health

Valley Fever Is Spreading Through a Hotter, Drier Western US

Zoya Teirstein

The Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees

Barkcode

The Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees

Max G. Levy