Morning dew and roaring falls inspire poets. Hurricanes and typhoons wreak devastation. Melting glaciers and rising tides challenge us all, even in an ever more thirsty world. Water is so vital to our ...

On the Hebridean island where I live, off the western coast of Scotland, windy days are smelly ones because large amounts of seaweed wash ashore, accumulating on the northern ends of beaches. For some ...