What if environmental regulations could increase corporate profits?
According to conventional economic wisdom, the cost of complying with environmental regulations represents a burden that eats into companies’ profits.
Capturing water from air with less energy
As the world’s population explodes, fresh water is getting harder to come by in drier regions of the world.
Could deep groundwater help slake California’s thirst?
In the midst of California’s worst drought in recent history, researchers poring over gas and oil project data claim to have found a previously uncataloged mother lode of potential drinkin
The invisible loss of water over Brazil’s advancing agricultural frontier
Clearing native vegetation for agriculture is disrupting climate dynamics in the Cerrado, which could ultimately reduce the region’s capacity for food production
The key to cutting the global food gap in half is water
A combination of water management techniques can increase crop calorie production by 41 percent.
How drought and heat threaten global electricity supply
Power plants need freshwater to produce electricity. But the future of our planet’s freshwater resources is murky.
Keeping Lake Tahoe blue doesn’t mean keeping it clear
The Amazon River and its tributaries, long watery snakes wind their way through the Amazon rainforest, are a dull, murky, muddy brown.
Deserts teem with biodiversity, if you know where to look
California, or rather the California Floristic Province, is a global biodiversity hotspot.
The allure of clear lakes
How much is water quality worth to society? It’s a hard question to answer, at least without undertaking expensive surveys.
Shifting California forests reveal complex effects of drought
When it comes to understanding human impacts on forests, the first thing that springs to mind is probably logging.
