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Dot Physics

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Really Make the Days Longer?

By Rhett Allain
Capital at Risk

Why Tehran Is Running Out of Water

By Yeon-Woo Choi and Elfatih A. B. Eltahir
Energy Costs

The Environmental and Human Rights Costs of China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Climate Crisis

Global Warming Is Wreaking Havoc on the Planet’s Water Cycle

By Fernanda González
Infectious Disease

This Tropical Virus Is Spreading Out of the Amazon to the US and Europe

By Geraldine Castro
Give a Dam

America’s Aging Dams Are a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

By Kristoffer Tigue
Extreme Weather

How the World Can Cope Better With Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

By Geraldine Castro
True Crime

The Real Story of The Order

By Ali Winston
Untapped Potential

The Outrageous Scheme to Capture and Sell Greenland’s Meltwater

By Ole Ellekrog
Deep Water

California Can Slake the Thirst of Its Farms by Storing Water Underground

By Caroline Marshall Reinhart
Waste Not

The $60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets

By Vince Beiser
Dry Spell

Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought

By Hannah Singleton
Q+A

Jane Goodall Thinks It’s Not Too Late to Save the World

By Vladan Shir and Michal Kučera
Charter Cities

A Lawsuit From Backers of a ‘Startup City’ Could Bankrupt Honduras

By Nicholas Kusnetz and Katie Surma
Energy

A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback

By Dan Gearino
Biodiversity

In Defense of Parasitic Worms

By Jesse Nichols
Making It Rain

Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be

By Matt Simon
Year In Review

Spying on Beavers From Space Could Help Save California

By Ben Goldfarb
Baby Steps

Biden Bans Rival Nations From Buying Sensitive US Data—Good Luck

By Dell Cameron
Watershed Moment

Hydro Dams Are Struggling to Handle the World’s Intensifying Weather

By Saqib Rahim
Green Mile

This Radical Plan to Make Roads Greener Actually Works

By Ben Goldfarb
Planet Pioneers

Inside the DIY Movement to Fight Coastal Erosion

By Tom Ward
Year In Review

20 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2023

By Sabrina Weiss
Climate Change

A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland’s Ice

By Matt Simon