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A reader wants to know how his college's customary balloon swarm affects the environment. Umbra offers a crash course.

Ask Umbra® Culture

Kramer Wimberley knows what it's like to feel unwelcome in the water. As a dive instructor and ocean-lover, he tries to make sure no one else does.

Amelia Urry Culture

Which is true. But calls for shared ecosystems are naive in a world of ISIS.

Clayton Aldern Politics

One hundred "makers" are gathering in a French chateau to develop solutions to environmental woes.

Katie Herzog Culture

A new poll suggests that school lunches are actually getting less terrible.

Justin Carroll Politics

Organizer Christine Cordero explains how storytelling can supercharge your activism.

Heather Smith Politics

A new poll shows that Latino voters are significantly more likely to understand that climate change is the result of human activities.

Eve Andrews Culture

Researchers have figured out a way to transform everyone's favorite greenhouse gas into a super-strong and lightweight wonder material.

Suzanne Jacobs Technology

And it wasn't good to begin with.

Ben Adler Cities

Those plastic balls that got dumped into the L.A. Reservoir aren't even designed to fight evaporation, and they may cause ecological problems.

Katie Herzog Culture

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