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Why Mexico City is Sinking: The Environmental History of a Modern Water Crisis

Mexico City faces sinking and water crises due to drained lakes and urban growth. Explore the environmental challenges and solutions shaping its future

The Common Table in a Burning World: Why the United Nations Must Be Revived, Not Abandoned

The chamber still looks improbably calm. Green marble. Translation headsets. Country names set out in alphabetical order, as though the world’s grief can be...

Los Angeles: Reinventing the Concrete River

Explore Los Angeles' ambitious efforts to transform its concrete flood-control river back into a living ecological corridor amidst urban and climate challenges.

Shanghai, China: Sponge City on the Delta

GREEN CITIES SERIES  |  ARTICLE 12 Shanghai is sinking. The city centre has subsided more than three metres since the late nineteenth century, while the...

The Ecological Crisis of Bee Decline: Nature’s Pollinators at the Brink

My wife and I are urban beekeepers with 3 hives that keep us and friends and family in honey most years. As I write...

NSW Protects Koalas With New 476,000‑Hectare National Park

Congratulations and a thousand thanks to the New South Wales Government and Premier Chris Minns and his team for this most welcome and timely...

The Koala : Biology, Conservation Status, and Future Prospects

Introduction The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), Australia's iconic arboreal marsupial, represents one of the world's most specialized mammals and faces an unprecedented conservation crisis. This review...

The State of Global Fish Populations: Crisis and Conservation in the World’s Waters

The Ocean's Vanishing Wealth The world's fish populations stand at a critical juncture, caught between ecological collapse and conservation hope. With 37.7% of assessed marine...

Life on the Edge: How Extremophiles Redefine Biology and Expand Our Cosmic Search

Listen to our Deep Dive for an insight into this article Descend into the crushing, lightless abyss of the Pacific Ocean, where fissures in the...

The IUCN Red List: The Urgent Need for Conservation Action

In the autumn of 2024, as the International Union for Conservation of Nature released its latest Red List update, a stark reality confronted the...

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