Environment
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Life in an Atmospheric Zoo
Journalist Carl Zimmer tells the story of the science of aerobiology -
Death by a Thousand Pecks
The bay where kelp gulls are killing off baby whales -
Pico Iyer’s Wide-Awake Silence
The author on losing his home to wildfire, finding strength in solitude, and his new book Aflame -
The Trouble with the Swamp
Wetlands in film are overwhelmingly associated with discomfort, misery, and death -
Breaking a Cycle of Apocalypse
John Larison’s new novel The Ancients suggests some societies are built for cataclysm -
Scent Makes a Place
How the desert taught me to smell -
How to Read a Tsunami
Insights from a geophysicist. -
Science from the Tsunami
Illustrating what scientists have learned from the disaster 20 years ago. -
This Ocean Wave Has Rights
The true meaning of legal protection for nature. -
The Vanishing Coast of Louisiana
Timelapse photographs documenting life on the bayou.
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The New Climate Math on Hurricanes
For the first time, we can calculate how much climate change impacts a single storm’s severity.
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Plagues, Taxes, Storms, and the Jet Stream
What 700 years of historical data can tell us about extreme weather.
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When Pollution Brings Snow
Metals and minerals from industry can trigger snowfall over hundreds of miles.
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Don’t We Belong to Nature?
Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard on the inspiration for his latest novel and his turn to sci-fi.
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The Mystery of the Siberian Craters
Why permafrost in the tundra has begun to explode. -
Climate vs. Invasive Species
Which foe is looming largest for native plants along the Yangtze River? -
And New Yorkers Think the Gowanus Canal Is Bad
Scientist Michael Faraday’s 1855 letter about the “feculence” of the River Thames. -
Death By Plastic
The blunt impact of ocean pollution, in one photograph. -
Nihilism with a Purpose
Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake reveals why politics won’t save us.