Pairing engineered stormwater infrastructure with green spaces can reduce flooding in cities. But wetter storms are pushing these systems to the brink, experts say.

By Kiley Price

In 2011, a short but catastrophic cloudburst hammered Copenhagen, flooding parts of the Danish city with more than 5 inches of rain in a single day.

‘Sponge Cities’ Are Catching On. But Can They Handle Supercharged Storms?

The drought-induced draw to save downstream Lake Powell is wreaking havoc on Wyoming-Utah’s beloved recreation area.

Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile and Hannah Romero, Green River Star

As campers with boats flocked to Buckboard Marina at the start of Memorial Day weekend, Tony Valdez was busy issuing refunds and repairing broken boat ramps. One older Green River man, who walked with two canes, left with his money refunded for the season after discovering he could not safely make it down to the boat slip. Due to dropping water levels at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, the ramp is now buckled, angling up and down like a pitched roof.

Emergency Drawdown at Flaming Gorge Hits Its Recreation Economy

A new global analysis maps reefs with the greatest potential to withstand warmer temperatures, strengthening calls for their protection.

By Teresa Tomassoni

For years, the outlook for coral reefs has been increasingly bleak. Mass coral bleaching events caused by severe marine heatwaves have fueled repeated warnings that reefs are rapidly on an irreversible path of decline. But new research is challenging that narrative.

More Coral Reefs May Survive Climate Change Than Scientists Once Thought