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To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut
Radical reconstruction in Seattle is bringing nearly dead urban streams back to life
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A Softer Corps
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has uncharacteristically been working with nature instead of bulldozing it into submission. Will this enlightened approach prevail?
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Hidden ‘Paleo Valleys’ Could Help California Survive Droughts
“Paleo valleys,” carved by ice age rivers and now underground, could provide spaces to recharge California’s depleted groundwater
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The Radical Groundwater Storage Test
New tactics for capturing floods and surviving droughts could help communities across California and the world.
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Sponge City Revolution
Restoring natural water flows in cities can lessen the impacts of floods and droughts.
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The Meaning of Lichen
How a naturalist’s observations in the wilds of British Columbia inspired a scientist to discover hidden symbioses—overturning 150 years of accepted scientific wisdom.
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Expanding Paved Areas Has an Outsize Effect on Urban Flooding
Researchers have finally been able to pinpoint just how much impervious surfaces exacerbate flood levels
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Do Dams Increase Water Use?
Reservoirs may promote waste by creating a false sense of water security.
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Ecological Detectives Hunt for San Francisco’s Vanished Waterways
Recovering “ghost creeks” from past landscapes can help protect the city’sfuture amid climate chaos.
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Depleted Groundwater Could Be Refilled by Borrowing a Trick from Solar Power
In many places around the world, groundwater is being pumped out faster than nature replenishes it. A new model points to a possible solution
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What Lichens Can Teach Us
A new IMAX film highlights their beauty and resilience.
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What a Healthy Jungle Sounds Like
Species may have evolved their wide array of sounds to fill unused parts of the frequency spectrum. This could also reveal the degree of...