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Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: On the Environmental Vision of Rachel Carson

Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: On the Environmental Vision of Rachel Carson

“I hope I have made clear tonight that a new spirit is abroad in this land.”

By Carla Baricz and James Kessenides | June 8, 2026

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World’s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)

Daegan Miller on the Often Misunderstood Work of Roy Scranton

By Daegan Miller | May 14, 2026

What We Can—and Must—Learn From the Burning of Pacific Palisades

What We Can—and Must—Learn From the Burning of Pacific Palisades

Jonathan Vigliotti on the Lead Up to and Aftermath of the Devastating Fires That Shocked Los Angeles

By Jonathan Vigliotti | May 13, 2026

What We Talk About When We Talk About the Weather

What We Talk About When We Talk About the Weather

Ella Frances Sanders Explores Words About Weather

By Ella Frances Sanders | May 11, 2026

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Moving From Resolve to Action, Addressing the Climate Crisis

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on Moving From Resolve to Action, Addressing the Climate Crisis

On Hope and Creating an Ode to Fixing the Planet

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson | May 6, 2026

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The Trump administration is illegally gutting NASA’s largest research library.

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A Way of Living: On Direct Action and Survival Work in the Face of American Fascism

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Madeline ffitch Reminds Us of What’s at Stake, Every Day of Our Lives

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The Repugnance of Human Extinction: Why Our Survival Matters

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By Partha Dasgupta | January 21, 2026

Inside the Inferno: Revisiting Southern California’s First Wildfire of 2025

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Jacob Soboroff Chronicles the Destruction Wrought by the Eaton Canyon and Palisades Fires

By Jacob Soboroff | January 8, 2026

On Henry David Thoreau’s Ultimate Instrument of Perception, the “Kalendar”

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Kristen Case Explores Thoreau’s Meticulous Tracking of Natural Phenomena

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On the Urgency of Climate Change, Creating Hope in a Crisis, and the Limits of Western Storytelling

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Nobody Knows Why the Caribou Are Disappearing

Nobody Knows Why the Caribou Are Disappearing

Neil Shea Explores the Impact of a Vanishing Arctic Species on Canada’s First Nations Communities

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