¡Venecia está a salvo! Pobre Venecia
Tras siglos de inundaciones, Venecia por fin ha levantado diques para salvarse de la marea alta. También se ha protegido a la ciudad de inundaciones catastróficas. Pero el cambio climático y la subida del nivel del mar plantean una interrogante…
Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice.
After centuries of flooding, Venice has at long last raised seawalls to save itself from high water. They have already protected the city from catastrophic floods. But climate change and rising seas pose a gnawing question. Will Venice one day…
Why Is Finland the Happiest Country on Earth? The Answer Is Complicated.
The Bright Side is a series about how optimism works in our minds and affects the world around us. On March 20, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network released its annual World Happiness Report, which rates well-being in countries…
I Am Haunted by What I Have Seen at Great Salt Lake
From a distance, it is hard to tell whether the three figures walking the salt playa are human, bird or some other animal. Through binoculars, I see they are pelicans, juveniles, gaunt and emaciated without water or food. In feathered…
Giant Mud Glaciers Are on the Move
It’s difficult to fathom how the Colorado River could possibly carve the mile-deep chasm that is the Grand Canyon. But if one thinks of the river as a flume of liquid sandpaper rubbing the land over millions of years, it…
This Ohio Island Has a Problem: There’s No Ice
ACROSS THE COUNTRY This Ohio Island Has a Problem: There’s No Ice When the summer tourist season ends in Put-in-Bay, an island on Lake Erie, the residents turn to the ice for fun and to earn a living. What happens…
Somalia Braces for Famine, Trapped Between Al Shabab and Drought
The sea of rag-and-stick tents that spreads in every direction from the hungry, embattled city of Baidoa, in southern Somalia, gives way to sprawling plains controlled by the militants of Al Shabab. Over 165,000 refugees have streamed into Baidoa since…
‘Life Brought Me Here.’ Madagascar Adapts to a Changing Climate
AMBOVOMBE-ANDROY, Madagascar — From the time she was a young bride, all Taliasoa Vaolina knew was planting beans and corn to feed her family in their village in Madagascar. But three years ago, the worst drought in a generation set…
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