Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better
Courtesy of De Dakdokters Below that stretches a filter layer, which keeps the soil...
Mexico City’s Metro System Is Sinking Fast. Yours Could Be Next
Solano‐Rojas and his colleagues found subsidence in the area of an overpass near the...
The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point
The phone or computer you’re reading this on may not be long for this...
Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea-Level Rise: They’re Also Sinking
Fighting off rising seas without reducing humanity’s carbon emissions is like trying to drain...
Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble
Like a nice wool blanket can help a human baby stay warm and healthy,...
US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day
Your city is a scab on the landscape: sidewalks, roads, parking lots, rooftops—the built...
Ocean Temperatures Keep Shattering Records—and Stunning Scientists
So what’s going on here? For one, the oceans have been steadily warming over...
The City of Tomorrow Will Run on Your Toilet Water
Epic Cleantec’s soil amendment Photograph: Matt Simon Researchers are experimenting with using the same...
NASA’s New PACE Observatory Searches for Clues to Humanity’s Future
Way up in the sky and sprinkled across the seas, two of the littlest...
The World’s Essential Aquifers Are in Deep Trouble
The water that pours out of your tap, or that’s unnecessarily packaged in a...