Reports & Multimedia

Chinese military officials are openly considering putting nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert.

Many coastal communities face heightened risks from rising seas because of socioeconomic disparities. They deserve equitable funding to help prepare for flooding and storm surge.

Drought and climate change are depleting California's traditional water supplies from snowmelt-fed reservoirs, rivers, and streams. The state must now plan for a different water future.

The science of agroecology can make US farming more sustainable. So why are we investing so little in it?

The costs of the Obama administration’s “3+2” warhead plan outweigh its benefits.

The frequency, extent, and duration of tidal flooding are all likely to increase over the next 15 to 30 years, resulting in damage to the Keys’ economy, infrastructure, and ecology.

Over their lifetime, battery electric vehicles produce far less global warming pollution than their gasoline counterparts—and they’re getting cleaner.

2008 amendments to the Lacey Act have contributed to reducing U.S. imports of illegal wood products—and stronger enforcement could bring more progress.

A hugely valuable crop with many uses, from animal feed to biofuels, soybeans also have an unfortunate by-product: tropical deforestation.