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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 Ubiquitous Empire: An Exploration of the World of Ants

The World of Ants: a ubiquitous empire of 20 quadrillion individuals. Explore their evolution, superorganism colonies, specialized societies, and ecological impact as global engineers.

The Testament of the Oak

Part I: The Long Inhale of Being The Dream within the Seed Before the first root, before the first leaf, there is the long, slow thought...

Eastern Europe and Russia: The Forgotten Wilderness

1. Historical Baseline Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent The brown bear watched from the forest edge as Peter the Great's surveyors marked trees for his new capital. In...

An Investigation into the Global Soybean Industry

Listen to our 6-minute conversation about this articles content in our Deep Dive if you are short of time The Two-Faced Bean: The Ubiquitous Legume It...

Epitaph for the Marl: The South-Western Barred Bandicoot

News in brief — October 2025 IUCN has listed the Marl / south-western barred bandicoot (Perameles myosuros) as Extinct (EX) in its latest global Red...

Epitaph for the Cape Verde Cone Snail

News in brief — October 2025 IUCN has listed the Cape Verde cone snail (Conus lugubris) as Extinct (EX) in its latest global Red...

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