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Seven Must-See Art-Meets-Science Exhibitions in 2013

Preview some of the top-notch shows—on anatomy, bioluminescence, water tanks and more—slated for the next year
December 28, 2012 | By Megan Gambino

Malibu

Malibu’s Epic Battle of Surfers Vs. Environmentalists

Local politics take a dramatic turn in southern California over a plan to clean up an iconic American playground
November 2012 | By Claire Martin

Collage of Arts and Sciences: Now In Session

Our newest blog explores the fertile ground where art and science meet
September 04, 2012 | By Megan Gambino

veterinarian examines a cheetah cub

Keeping the Smithsonian Sustainable

Secretary Clough writes on the benefits of being an environmentally savvy institution
May 2012 | By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Madelia Minnesota

A Little Independent Energy Experiment on the Prairie

If you can fight your way through the dirt storms of Madelia, Minnesota, you may be able to find the future of renewable energy
April 06, 2012 | By Maggie Koerth-Baker

Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development?

Dennis Meadows thinks so. Forty years after his book The Limits to Growth, he explains why
March 16, 2012 | By Megan Gambino

Tribal youths

Preparing for a New River

Klallam tribal members make plans for holy ancestral sites to resurface after the unparalleled removal of nearby dams
December 2011 | By Abigail Tucker

Global warming debate Thomas Jefferson and Noah Webster

America’s First Great Global Warming Debate

Thomas Jefferson and Noah Webster argue over conventional wisdom that lasted thousands of years
July 15, 2011 | By Joshua Kendall

Beach plastic arrangement

Making Beautiful Art out of Beach Plastic

Artists Judith and Richard Lang comb the California beaches, looking for trash for their captivating, yet unsettling work
July 14, 2011 | By Jeff Greenwald

Children at bottle wall

How to Turn 8,000 Plastic Bottles Into a Building

Peace Corps volunteer Laura Kutner demonstrates how she turned trash into the building blocks for one community's revival
June 2011 | By Arcynta Ali Childs

Inambari and Araza rivers

A Mega-Dam Dilemma in the Amazon

A huge dam on Peru's Inambari River will bring much-needed development to the region. But at what cost?
March 2011 | By Clay Risen

Louisiana power plant

Devastation From Above

J. Henry Fair's aerial photographs of industrial sites provoke a strange mix of admiration and concern
January 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Colorado River reservoirs

The Colorado River Runs Dry

Dams, irrigation and now climate change have drastically reduced the once-mighty river. Is it a sign of things to come?
October 2010 | By Sarah Zielinski

Blackstone Glacier

Kayaking Alaska in the Exxon Valdez’ Shadow

The massive oil spill devastated the Prince William Sound shore 21 years ago; now the wildlife and vistas are making a comeback
September 13, 2010 | By Megan Gambino

Workboat near site of damaged Deepwater Horizon platform

A Crude Awakening in the Gulf of Mexico

Scientists are just beginning to grasp how profoundly oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has devastated the region
September 2010 | By Michelle Nijhuis

A long-anonymous college student in New York City reflected both the gravity and zaniness of that first Earth Day protest.

An Earth Day Icon, Unmasked

The 1970 photograph became an instant environmental classic, but its subject has remained nameless until now
August 2010 | By Timothy Dumas

Nancy Knowlton marine biologist

By the Numbers: A Marine Advisory

Scientists say the outlook for the world's oceans is bleak—unless we stop overfishing and reduce air and water pollution
August 2010 | By Sarah Zielinski

Jane Lubchenco

Q and A: Jane Lubchenco

The marine ecologist and administrator of NOAA discusses restoring the bounty of the world's oceans
April 2010 | By Erica R. Hendry

Venus flytrap captured katydid

The Venus Flytrap's Lethal Allure

Native only to the Carolinas, the carnivorous plant that draws unwitting insects to its spiky maw now faces dangers of its own
February 2010 | By Abigail Tucker

Pollution from a power plant

The Political History of Cap and Trade

How an unlikely mix of environmentalists and free-market conservatives hammered out the strategy known as cap-and-trade
August 2009 | By Richard Conniff


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