The World Has Green Beaches – So Why Don’t We Talk About Them?
Ask someone to picture a beach and they’ll describe some version of the same palette: golden, white, maybe a dramatic…
Florida’s Beaches Are Finally Seeing Less Sargassum – But the Seaweed Problem Isn’t Going Away
The worst of Florida’s 2026 sargassum season appears to be easing, but huge amounts of the floating seaweed are still…
The World’s Next Ocean Is Being Born Right Now – And It Looks Like a Lake
Somewhere in the heart of Asia, a very slow, very real drama is unfolding: a continent is tearing itself apart,…
According to Science, This Small Canadian Town Is the World’s Most Beautiful Summer Destination
When researchers want to know which destination is objectively the most stunning, they no longer rely on travel surveys or…
Berlin’s Festival of Lights Turns the German Capital Into a Giant Open-Air Gallery
For 10 nights each October, Berlin’s most famous landmarks become canvases for enormous projections, 3D mapping and light installations. Here’s…
Europe’s Winter Escape Hatch: Why Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Might Have the Best January Beach Weather You’ve Never Heard Of
While most of Europe is digging out scarves and watching the forecast for snow, one stretch of coastline just off…
Hurricane Lowell Just Swept West of Hawaii – And 2026 Has Been an Unusually Busy Year for the Islands
Hawaii has once again found itself watching a powerful hurricane pass close to its western islands. Hurricane Lowell briefly reached…
You Think Europe Is Safe from Tsunamis? History Might Prove You Wrong!
When people picture a tsunami, they picture Southeast Asia in 2004 or Japan in 2011 – the Pacific “Ring of…
Dozens of Skyscrapers in Brazil Are Leaning by Feet. The Ground Beneath Them Is the Problem
In Santos, Brazil, apartment towers along the Atlantic coast have slowly tilted by feet. The buildings are still homes to…
Japan Built a 400-Kilometer Wall to Fight the Ocean. It Cost $12 Billion. Does It Actually Work?
On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake – the strongest ever recorded in Japan – ruptured…
The World Map Is Being Redrawn – And Africa Is at the Center of the Change
For generations, the world has been taught through a map that makes some of the planet’s largest countries and continents…
Costa Rica’s Unusual Orange Shark: The Story Behind the Rare Sighting
When a group of sport fishermen dropped their lines off Costa Rica in August 2024, they were expecting the usual…
Inside the Phuket Vegetarian Festival: The Thai Celebration Where Devotees Pierce Their Faces and Walk on Fire
Every October, one of Thailand’s most photographed islands trades its beach-resort image for something far stranger: nine days of trance,…
While Most of Europe Is Setting Up Christmas Markets, These Beaches Are Still Open for Business in November
By the second week of November, the European travel calendar has largely moved indoors. Mulled wine stalls are going up…
For Those Who Love Bad Weather: Why It’s Underappreciated and the Hidden Benefits It Brings
A few years ago, a woman posted a short video explaining why she’d moved to Seattle: not despite the famously…
The Subpolar Climate: What It’s Actually Like to Live Where Winter Never Really Ends
Somewhere between the temperate world most people know and the frozen poles almost nobody lives in, there’s a vast, cold,…
This South Korean City Was Built From Scratch Without Traditional Garbage Trucks. Could Older Cities Do the Same?
In most cities, taking out the trash is one of the least glamorous parts of urban life. Garbage bins line…
A Giant Forested Island Was Seen Floating Across a Canadian Reservoir. Then It Disappeared.
For a few weeks this summer, part of British Columbia appeared to have come loose. A huge, tree-covered mass was…
Overtourism in Spain: Beaches Are Overflowing – and the Sea Is Paying the Price
By August, Spain’s beaches are supposed to be at their most inviting. Instead, in some of the country’s busiest coastal…
Eight Dead, 17 Missing After Ferry Capsizes Off Northern Cyprus
At least eight people have died and 17 remain missing after a passenger ferry capsized Sunday off the northern coast…