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There’s a lot riding on Ice Out – the day when New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee is sufficiently free of ice for the popular MS Mount Washington sightseeing vessel to reach all five of its ports. When that time comes, Ice Out celebrations can begin and spring is just around the corner. But to those who study lake ecosystems, Ice Out means more than the start of boating season. In the Northeast’s lake ecosystems, ice is a determinant of everything from water temperature to aquatic food chains to water quality. And according to long-term climate data, ice-out has been moving earlier a...

Victoria Esperanza Salazar Arriaza was killed March 27 outside a convenience store in Mexico. A police officer knelt on her back to restrain her, breaking her neck – one of numerous high-profile incidents of police violence over the past year. Protests swarmed Tulum’s city hall in the days following Ms. Salazar’s death, and reignited over the weekend during her burial. But with the spotlight on police violence not just in Mexico, but around the world, some hope the outrage could help build momentum for change. On paper, the country’s legislation around policing is advanced. The probl...

London On the surface, London’s financial district appears to be a shell of its former self. No one is rushing to meetings. Chairs are flipped upside down on tables inside closed cafes and pubs. The roads are ghostly quiet on a bright spring morning. But a hive of activity is taking place at one spot, as builders lay the groundwork for the latest skyscraper to transform the skyline. Developers of the tower, called 8 Bishopsgate, are confident that when construction ends late next year, workers and firms will return to fill all 50 floors of the gleaming new office space. When the coronavirus...

As Robert Reeves’ baby son cried for the first time in his arms, the new father grasped for the most soothing thing he could think of: He sang the University of Texas at Austin spirit song – “The Eyes of Texas.” Bound in memories, emotion, and fierce pride, the song has been the source of an agonizing debate here over the song’s origin in the racist era at the turn of the 20th century, when the then-UT president told students that “the eyes of Texas” were upon them – a call to make the most of their education. Why We Wrote This

With a mother who struggled with heavy substance use, Rodney Stotts grew up in southeast Washington during the crack epidemic. By early adulthood, he reflected his circumstances – dealing drugs and on course to cross up with law enforcement, he says. Then, by accident, he found work with raptors, rehabilitating injured birds of prey and using them for environmental education at Earth Conservation Corps, a nonprofit then focused on cleaning the notoriously polluted Anacostia River. Why We Wrote This A master falconer shows how healing through nature offers second chances for injured birds of...