Scientific American · Biodiversity Conservation Slow Water
To Revive a River, Restore Its Hidden Gut
Radical reconstruction in Seattle is bringing nearly dead urban streams
back to life
Scientific American · Adaptation Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water
The Radical Groundwater Storage Test
New tactics for capturing floods and surviving droughts could help communities across California and the world.
Scientific American · Adaptation Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water Water
Sponge City Revolution
Restoring natural water flows in cities can lessen the impacts of floods and droughts.
Scientific American · Biodiversity Science
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.
Scientific American · Adaptation Climate Change Slow Water
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
Scientific American · Science Water
Do Dams Increase Water Use?
Reservoirs may promote waste by creating a false sense of water security.
Scientific American · Adaptation Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water Water
Ecological Detectives Hunt for San Francisco’s Vanished Waterways
Recovering “ghost creeks” from past landscapes can help protect the city’s
future amid climate chaos.
Scientific American · Biodiversity Biology Indigenous
What Lichens Can Teach Us
A new IMAX film highlights their beauty and resilience.
Scientific American · Biodiversity Science
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 biodiversity in an ecosystem.
