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Tech billionaire Vinod Khosla claims he just wants to preserve Martins Beach. But he's going about it in exactly the wrong way.

• By Susie Cagle

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, Dana McMahan splits time between two of the country's unhappiest cities. She set out to explore the causes of the happiness deficits.

• By Dana McMahan

Casey N. Cep goes apple picking and realizes the importance of putting winter out of mind.

• By Casey N. Cep

Soon, some scientists say, we'll only be able to see the Milky Way in five different states.

• By Casey N. Cep

Welcome to the Anthropocene.

• By Michael White

Somewhere outside of Oslo, there are 1,000 newly planted spruce trees. One hundred years from now, if everything goes to plan, they'll be published together as 100 pieces of art.

• By Casey N. Cep

Most of the some 200 ferries that operate in the United States serve a specific, essential purpose—but not the one that runs across the Tred Avon River.

• By Casey N. Cep

That art you've been seeing at bus stations and billboards—it's serving a purpose beyond just promoting local museums.

• By Paul Hiebert

Hurricane Katrina wrought havoc on New Orleans but, nine years later, is there a silver lining to be found?

• By Asad L. Asad

Nearly a third of all airplane deaths are preventable, but in the decisive moment most of us will freeze up.

• By Noah Davis

Our neighbor to the north’s once-celebrated record of environmental science research and climate change policy has been thoroughly turned on its head over the past decade. And tense negotiations over the Keystone XL pipeline may have damaged Canada’s relationship with the U.S.

• By Jordan Larson

The Geowives, a social club for women whose husbands work in the energy industry, is having difficulty attracting new members, but the existing group remains committed to its Tuesday afternoon lunches.

• By Irina Zhorov

Why we need to encourage more artists and graphic designers to think about presenting our climate change problems in a visually compelling way.

• By Ellen McMahon

Shipping out to sea on a luxury cruise liner just doesn't seem to fit too well within our current economic or environmental realities.

• By Paul Hiebert

Last year, 23 people in America died from lightning strikes. And over the last 70 or so years, lightning has killed more people than hurricanes.

• By Casey N. Cep

Traveling to places where not much remains.

• By Casey N. Cep

Probably. And no one, at least no Canadian, seems to care.

• By Ryan Jacobs

We should continue to fight for new building codes and oppose the construction of new oil pipelines—and more ambitious projects still—but only because they offer hope and aspiration in the midst of despair, not because they will actually help at this point.

• By James McWilliams

Anxiety, mood disorders, and a heightened risk of developing schizophrenia: The psychological problems with urban living. (And some ways to potentially avoid them.)

• By Jared Keller

It might be the only way for our National Park Service to nurture the kind of ecological awareness required for a genuine environmental ethic.

• By James McWilliams

As their centennial approaches, it's time to remember why the National Parks are so worth protecting.

• By Casey N. Cep

Observations from a day spent watching the “8 Mile” pack in Yellowstone with crowds of tourists from an environmental scientist who should know better.

• By Diana Liverman

The psychological literature on exercise addiction can be confusing, but maybe that’s because we’re focusing too much on pathologizing the wrong thing.

• By James McWilliams

It's conservationist against conservationist as those that care most about biodiversity and wilderness argue over the best way to manage and protect what little we have left.

• By Amy Mathews Amos