I got tired of hauling buckets of water to my distant trees and dumping the water at the base of the tree only to see it quickly run off. I took some old 5-gallon buckets and drilled a 1/4-in. hole ...

The little tree's first summer in the park could have been its last. The chokecherry sapling stood on a sunny hillside, barely taller than the joggers and dog walkers passing by on the path that ...

This story is part of the Grist series Parched, an in-depth look at how climate change-fueled drought is reshaping communities, economies, and ecosystems. On an overcast Thursday morning in September, ...