After the Storm, Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future
It takes Ellen Sinoya, 43, two days to walk to work. She leaves her three children with their grandmother at…
‘Green Roads’ Are Plowing Ahead, Buffering Drought and Floods
Makueni County, a corner of southern Kenya that’s home to nearly a million people, is a land of extremes. Nine…
After Comeback, Southern Iraq’s Marshes Are Now Drying Up
Three years ago, the vast marshlands of southern Iraq’s Dhi Qar province were flourishing. Fishermen glided in punts across swathes…
In Mongolia, a Killer Winter Is Ravaging Herds and a Way of Life
The temperature was minus 45 degrees F when Uuganaa, a 27-year-old nomad with a wife and two children, woke to…
Will UN Carbon Market Work? Indonesia Will Provide First Test
The United Nations’ market for carbon trading will soon be open for business. Approved at the U.N. climate conference in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…