Articles by

Matt Simon

Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

You might visit Amsterdam for its famous canals, and who could blame you, really. But the truly...

US Infrastructure Is Broken. Here’s an $830 Million Plan to Fix It

There’s one word that will get any American fuming, regardless of their political inclination: infrastructure. Pothole-pocked roads,...

The Paradox That’s Supercharging Climate Change

No good deed goes unpunished—and that includes trying to slow climate change. By cutting greenhouse gas emissions,...

Mexico City’s Metro System Is Sinking Fast. Yours Could Be Next

With its expanse of buildings and concrete, Mexico City may not look squishy—but it is. Ever since...

Why the East Coast Earthquake Covered So Much Ground

Friday morning at around 10:30 local time, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake popped three miles below Whitehouse Station,...

The Next Heat Pump Frontier? NYC Apartment Windows

Future generations will marvel at the ridiculous ways we’ve been keeping warm. With a furnace, you’re inefficiently...

Enjoy Your Favorite Wine Before Climate Change Destroys It

Unless you’ve got a cellar stockpiled to last you the rest of your life, climate change is...

The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots

Gouging a mine into the Earth is so 1924. In 2024, scientists are figuring out how to...