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Merchant Ship passing Zembra, Tunisia, 2023

Merchant Ship passing Zembra, Tunisia, 2023

Following The Longest Butterfly Migration On Earth Photographer Lucas Foglia spent years following the painted lady’s transcontinental migration.

Photography Science & Nature

A flamboyance of pink flamingos fly in sync.

A flamboyance of pink flamingos fly in sync.

On Murders, Murmurations, and Other Ways of Being Together From a murder of crows to a murmuration of starlings, the animal world reminds us that nothing exists in isolation.

Deep Ecology The Overview

Redefining Nature: How Changing Words Could Change the World

Redefining Nature: How Changing Words Could Change the World

Redefining Nature: How Changing Words Could Change the World How might we change if we considered ourselves part of, rather than separate from, the rest of the natural world?

Climate Solutions Deep Ecology

A dead bird lies on a bed of flowers.

A dead bird lies on a bed of flowers.

Giving Our Bodies Back to the Earth: The Rise of Natural Burial What if your body could nourish the land long after you’re gone?

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

Why Are Famous Chefs Fighting to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware?

Why Are Famous Chefs Fighting to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware?

Why Are Famous Chefs Fighting to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware? What unfolded in California wasn’t just a one-off fight. It was the blueprint for a larger lobbying campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware

Democracy The Understory

A wildlife crossing in Banff national park.

A wildlife crossing in Banff national park.

Wildlife Crossings Reconnect a Natural World Divided by Highways For decades, wildlife crossings have helped large mammals navigate highways. What if they were everywhere—and assisted pollinators, too?

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

A budding plant rests in a person's palm.

A budding plant rests in a person's palm.

The Rights of Nature: Rewriting the Law For a Living Planet It’s time to recognize the rights of more-than-human life and ecosystems in our legal system.

Climate Solutions Deep Ecology

The Race to Grow More Food on Less Land

The Race to Grow More Food on Less Land

The Race to Grow More Food on Less Land Food has been left out of the climate conversation for far too long despite its oversized impact, argues author Michael Grunwald.

Climate Solutions Future of Food

Farmer in red bucket hat hugging and kissing black and white cow's face.

Farmer in red bucket hat hugging and kissing black and white cow's face.

In the Peruvian Andes, a Blueprint for Sustainable Farming and Cultural Survival Photographer Diego Vourakis explores the lives of agricultural workers in Peruvian Andean communities.

Photography

A baby caterpillar crawls on someones pointer finger.

A baby caterpillar crawls on someones pointer finger.

Embracing the Beauty of Insignificance We are participants in a universe more vast than ourselves, whether or not we are central to it.

The Overview Deep Ecology

A geothermal hot spring.

A geothermal hot spring.

Why Oil Country Is Betting on Geothermal Geothermal energy, which uses some of the same tech and know-how as oil and gas, represents a potential bright spot for renewable energy.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

What If the Economy Was Modeled After Ecology?

What If the Economy Was Modeled After Ecology?

What If the Economy Was Modeled After Ecology? By treating economies as living systems, we can build financial frameworks that regenerate rather than exploit.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

A pack of wolves walks through the snow.

A pack of wolves walks through the snow.

The Endangered Species Act Is Under Attack, Again A decades-long political tug-of-war has left gray wolves, and the law meant to protect them, in perpetual limbo.

The Understory Science & Nature

A blue, abstract shape surrounded by darkness.

A blue, abstract shape surrounded by darkness.

The Robin Hood Approach to the Electrical Grid If corporations helped pay the cost to electrify individual homes, it could free up the grid to power energy-intensive tech in the future.

Climate Solutions

The surface of the ocean with the sun shining in the distance.

The surface of the ocean with the sun shining in the distance.

The Ocean Is the World’s Most Undervalued Economy The ocean is a site of endless wonder—and also valuable ecosystem services.

Ocean Life Climate Solutions

Amy Westervelt: It’s Time We Stopped Treating Corporations As People

Amy Westervelt: It’s Time We Stopped Treating Corporations As People

Amy Westervelt: It’s Time We Stopped Treating Corporations As People Treating corporations as people has warped US politics and harmed the climate. We need to overturn Citizens United.

Climate Solutions Democracy