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Rivers run on insurance. This summer tested it.
The current heatwave and drought are doing more than drying up the Rhine and Danube. They may also be undermining their resilience to future events. The…
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August 2026
The Great Barrier Reef’s breaking point
Could this year’s Super El Niño be the one it can’t recover from?
Aug 28
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Ten pieces on risk and time
How nature handles both — and what we get wrong.
Aug 23
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The ecosystems that store more carbon than you think
Grasslands and wetlands are carbon storage powerhouses, but they're being converted to agriculture at nearly four times the rate of forests.
Aug 13
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The most important discoveries can take decades — or a millennium
From Kyoto's cherry blossoms to the Keeling Curve, the power of thinking beyond a single lifetime
Aug 6
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Predirections is returning to fully open access
I tried the newsletter paywall playbook for a year and ended up with fewer supporters. Here is why I'm taking them down.
Aug 3
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July 2026
Invasive species impacts are higher in the Global South
A new paper reveals we've been getting it all wrong and uncovers why this might be the case.
Jul 30
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10 questions I ask myself
I don't always have the answers. These are the questions I keep coming back to.
Jul 24
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Built to flood
Why the best systems are built to flood
Jul 17
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The four-year planet
Managing century-long problems with institutions built for election cycles
Jul 9
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Ten ideas from ecology that help explain the world
Ecology can teach us a lot about how the world works
Jul 3
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June 2026
Is restoration chasing ghosts?
Restoration is often trying to recreate ecosystems that no longer exist — or can’t
Jun 26
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