In today’s paved-over world, rain rarely gets the chance to sink into the soil. More often, it hurries over roofs, driveways, and concrete paths, dragging oil, dirt, and debris along the way before ...
How does Finland manage to open ski slopes long before the first natural snowfalls? The secret lies in storing snow from the previous winter. Beneath thick white covers lies a mountain of snow – over ...
An architect couple, Carol Marra and Ken Yeh, used tile remnants and mismatched boards to outfit their energy efficient mountain dwelling.
Think black flooring is a risk? These modern and traditional homes from the AD archives use materials like kadappa, basalt, and granite to show you how versatile a dark floor can be.
The Metolius River emerges fully grown at 50,000 gallons a minute from the base of an old volcano in Central Oregon. Sample the river’s wizardry with either of two easy hikes ...
Technically a neighborhood of Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades stood apart, an extra ten minutes’ drive from civilization, on the last stretch of Sunset Boulevard before it plunges to the sea. In a ...
A Magical Forest on the Edge of Tokyo Just a 90-minute train ride from the towering skyscrapers of Shinjuku lies the Fukasawa area, nestled in a lush, peaceful forest on the slopes of the Okutama ...
Putting up a cattle barn is a big investment. A great deal of planning goes into the decision about what type of a barn to use for finishing or backgrounding cattle. Hoop barns and monoslope barns ...
Al Toubi, K., Al Quraini, M. and Al Hubaishi, A. (2025) Oman Provisional Climate Normal Based on the Observation from 2010 to 2021. Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 15, 816-840. doi: 10.4236/acs.2025 ...