Lauded as Green Model, Costa Rica Faces Unrest in Its Forests
Costa Rica has a green halo. In recent decades, the small Central American nation has transformed itself from a notorious hotspot for deforestation into a beacon of reforestation that is…
Small-Scale Agriculture
How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater
There is a solar-powered revolution going on in the fields of India. By 2026, more than 3 million farmers will be raising irrigation water from beneath their fields using solar-powered…
In a Dammed and Diked Mekong, a Push to Restore the Flow
We depart from Can Tho, the bustling heart of Vietnam’s Mekong River delta, before sunrise, heading south to an aquaculture farm in coastal Cà Mau province. The farm, I’m told,…
On Navajo Lands, Ancient Ways Are Restoring the Parched Earth
Here in Burnt Corn Valley, smack in the middle of the Navajo reservation’s vast Black Mesa region, the hilly land both craves water and is brutalized by it. The sandy…
With CO2 Levels Rising, World’s Drylands Are Turning Green
Southeast Australia has been getting hotter and drier. Droughts have lengthened, and temperatures regularly soar above 95 degrees F (35 degrees C). Bush fires abound. But somehow, its woodlands keep…