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Volume 11: Micro/Macro

Our universe is an endless series of worlds within worlds. This issue looks at patterns, systems, and size with stories that examine local and global theories of change, the scalability of solutions, invisible lifeforms and giant megafauna, and the role of micro actors in shaping macro systems.

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Close-up of a white praying mantis perched near a human eye with glitter, featured on the cover of Atmos magazine, Volume 8, titled

Cover of Atmos magazine featuring a heart-shaped nebula against a star-filled space background. The text reads Atmos, MICRO/MACRO, and a quote about reclaiming the night sky is at the bottom.

A woman in a yellow dress gently embraces a child outdoors, both with eyes closed, conveying comfort and warmth. The image is featured on the cover of Atmos magazine, with trees blurred in the background.

A group of sperm whales swim gracefully underwater in deep blue ocean. The magazine cover reads Atmos, with the theme Micro/Macro and a quote about the ocean’s wonder and stewardship at the bottom.

A winding river cuts through steep canyon walls under a clear sky, featured on the cover of Atmos magazine Volume 11, titled

A tranquil lake with old wooden posts, rocky shore, and a misty, lenticular cloud-capped mountain in the background at dusk; the scene is featured on the cover of Atmos magazine, Volume 11, titled Micro/Macro.

A person holds a large seashell against their bare torso underwater, with sunlight creating ripples and reflections. The cover text reads Atmos: Climate and Culture, Micro/Macro, Volume 11, 2023.

Cover of Atmos magazine, Volume 11, showing stones casting long shadows on a wooden surface with the words MICRO/MACRO at the center. Issue theme focuses on climate and culture, dated 2023.

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Where The Road Ends: Life In The Everest Region Photographer Felix Gundlach documents communities in the Himalayas who build, carry, and live without roads or waste.

Photography Identity & Community

A migration of monarch butterflies in a tree.

Across the Natural World, Migration Is Sacred—and Critical Migration is not a crisis, but a rhythm—sacred, inherited, and shared amongst all life.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Residents of al-Zeitouin amid the damage after the Israeli bombing of the city in December and January 2009.

From Gaza to LA, the Right to Remain Is Under Attack Across borders and crises, homes are being destroyed—by airstrikes, fire, and force. Climate justice requires naming this violence: domicide

Environmental Justice Identity & Community

Clouds blanket the sky over a mountain range.

Reading the Fractals: What Nature’s Patterns Say About Our Future From a single raindrop to an ice sheet, the physical world is haunted by unpredictability.

Science & Nature Anthropocene

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Esther Perel on Interconnection and Curing Modern Loneliness

The first episode of our new podcast explores how our relationships with each other can heal our relationship with nature.…

A water colored oil spill filled with an array of blues, pinks, and yellows.

Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

Identity & Community Environmental Justice

Spotted jellyfish on a night dive in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. They get their colour from a symbiotic relationship with algae in their tissues.

Trump’s Rush to Mine Earth’s Final Frontier Metals accrued over the seafloor over millions of years. The damage caused by mining them could be irreversible.

Ocean Life Anthropocene

A red polo shirt is draped over a light green button-up shirt on a beige couch.

Four Steps Toward a Fairer Fashion System From waste reduction to worker-led policy, the Global Fashion Summit offered empathy-led strategies to make sustainability equitable.

Ethical Fashion Movement Building

An Ode to Trans Lives—Then, Now, Always Raquel Willis pens an ode to trans lives past, present, and future, performed by the cast of our June cover story.

Art & Culture Identity & Community

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Jinkx Monsoon on Myth and Gender The world’s top drag queen speaks to Atmos about the ancient history—and magic—of trans and gender expansive people.

Changemakers Identity & Community

Zoe Gustavia Anna Whalen Is Empowering Every Body, One Garment at a Time The Brooklyn-based artist and fashion designer shares the rituals of her sustainable practice.

Ethical Fashion Changemakers

22 trans movement leaders, artists, and organizers come together for a photo shoot.

The Fruits We Bear: Portraits of Trans Liberation Our June cover story is a tribute to trans beauty and defiance featuring 22 movement leaders, artists, and organizers.

Art & Culture Identity & Community

Decades After Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River Reclaims Its Path Damming the famed river drowned canyons and their ecosystems for decades. Now, the river seems to be undergoing a restoration of its own.

Science & Nature Anthropocene

The Nature Of

Hosted by Atmos Editor-in-Chief Willow Defebaugh, The Nature Of is a new podcast that looks to the natural world for insights into how to navigate the experience of being human. New episodes every Tuesday.

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