What if it’s not increased scarcity that’s most disruptive about climate change, but variability? Cullen Hendrix explains how new research on water conflict suggests that’s the case in last month’s most popular story.

Joining him were many new arrivals, including a new infographic from the China Environment Forum, an interview with Chad Briggs on scenario planning, and guest posts from adelphi and The Mountain Institute on hydro-diplomacy and integrated development in Nepal.

1. Opportunity Costs: Evidence Suggests Variability, Not Scarcity, Primary Driver of Water Conflict, Cullen Hendrix

2. Underage: Addressing Reproductive Health and HIV Needs in Married Adolescent Girls, Katrina Braxton

3. Infographic: The Rise of U.S.-China Agricultural Trade, Siqi Han and Susan Chan Shifflett

4. Why Has the Demographic Transition Stalled in Sub-Saharan Africa? Elizabeth Leahy Madsen

5. What Can the Environmental Community Learn From the Military? Interview With Chad Briggs on Scenario Planning, Moses Jackson

6. Challenging Patriarchy: The Changing Definition of Women’s Empowerment, Donald Borenstein

7. Climate Change a National Security Issue, Say Local and National Leaders From Pacific Northwest, Moses Jackson

8. Gender Equity Key to Feeding 9 Billion by 2050, Heather Randall

9. High Poverty: Medicinal Plants Offer Way Forward for Nepal’s Mountain Communities, Andrew Taber and Meeta S. Pradhan

10. Hydro-Diplomacy Can Build Peace Over Shared Waters, But Needs More Support, Benjamin Pohl and Susanne Schmeier