Zeenat Kader | Atmos

Graphic by Merijn Hos

Graphic by Merijn Hos

On The Verge Researcher Zeenat Kader looks into several of Earth's tipping points on the precipice of unprecedented change.

Anthropocene

A mother and child dressed as fruit flies sit in the grass with a large pear sculpture in the background.

A mother and child dressed as fruit flies sit in the grass with a large pear sculpture in the background.

How Gender Stereotypes Got Written Into Evolution Feminist biologists have been challenging a flawed fruit-fly experiment that helped harden Victorian stereotypes about sex.

Science & Nature Identity & Community

Photograph of a rainbow stretching across the sky with some clouds around it.

Photograph of a rainbow stretching across the sky with some clouds around it.

Reweaving the Rainbow: Science, Poetry, and the Magic of Nature How lucky are we to have science to understand how our world works, and poetry to capture how it feels?

The Overview Deep Ecology

A small green plant grows in the foreground of a power plant's cooling stack.

A small green plant grows in the foreground of a power plant's cooling stack.

Surging Energy Demand Helps Fuel Trump’s Love Affair With Coal Keeping coal plants online has become the U.S. grid’s unofficial insurance policy, even as their emissions exacerbate extreme weather.

The Understory Democracy

How to Build Cities Out of Plants and Earth

How to Build Cities Out of Plants and Earth

How to Build Cities Out of Plants and Earth Bio-based replacements for steel, concrete, and fiberglass have massive implications for finally decarbonizing the construction industry.

Climate Solutions Science & Nature

Photographer Ana Flores Documents a Masked Devil Dance on Peru’s Northern Coast

Photographer Ana Flores Documents a Masked Devil Dance on Peru’s Northern Coast

Photographer Ana Flores Documents a Masked Devil Dance on Peru’s Northern Coast The masked devotional dance forms part of the procession of the Virgin of Candelaria del Socorro.

Photography Identity & Community

The Inflorescent Self: Botanical Notes on Becoming

The Inflorescent Self: Botanical Notes on Becoming

The Inflorescent Self: Botanical Notes on Becoming Blooming isn’t a singular act but a choreography of time, environment, and relationship—where what appears whole is often a constellation.

The Overview Deep Ecology

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge

In Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Bedouin Life Is Guided by Generations of Mountain Knowledge In Kotn’s new campaign, Tefnut, filmmaker Hussein Mardini documents a young Bedouin man’s movement through the mountains of South Sinai.

Ethical Fashion Identity & Community

Oscar-Winner Steve McQueen on the Flowers That Outlived Empire

Oscar-Winner Steve McQueen on the Flowers That Outlived Empire

Oscar-Winner Steve McQueen on the Flowers That Outlived Empire The 12 Years a Slave director speaks with Atmos about his latest book, Bounty.

Art & Culture Science & Nature

A world globe on fire.

A world globe on fire.

How Climate Change Is Redrawing the World’s Political Map Climate diplomacy is now central to foreign policy and global security.

The Understory Democracy

Dark smoke floats from a volcano after an eruption.

Dark smoke floats from a volcano after an eruption.

How Chance Birthed Our Improbable World The unlikely chain of cosmic events that made Earth, life, and our awareness of it possible.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Fire and smoke fill the air.

Fire and smoke fill the air.

The War With Iran Is Already About Energy The conflict is covered in oil with long-term environmental impacts.

The Understory Democracy

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil

Bog Fashion: The Designers Collaborating with Swamps and Soil Working with peatland water, moss, clay, and time, a new generation of designers embraces irregular dyeing and decay.

Ethical Fashion

A woman from Odisha, India holds a chicken in her arms.

A woman from Odisha, India holds a chicken in her arms.

In Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills, Women Lead the Work of Stewardship Photographer Jacky Nayak documents the Dongria Kondh in Odisha, where a sacred mountain landscape anchors culture and livelihood.

Photography Identity & Community

Light illuminates the inside of an empty snail shell.

Light illuminates the inside of an empty snail shell.

Fractal Nature: The Pattern Inside Everything Geometric, self-similar patterns known as fractals can be found all throughout nature: in snowflakes, galaxies, and even our own DNA.

The Overview Deep Ecology

Peter Seligmann

Peter Seligmann

Inside the Strategic Mind of a Heart-Led Visionary In an intimate conversation, Peter Seligmann—founder of Conservation International—reflects on intellect, resilience, and relationships.

The Long View Changemakers

An abandoned Diesel oil gas station.

An abandoned Diesel oil gas station.

The Supreme Court Case That Could End Local Climate Suits Nearly a dozen states are suing the oil and gas industry over climate. The fossil fuel industry is pushing back.

The Understory Democracy