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In This Issue

Natural Anthem

For their new book All We Can Save, climate experts Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson gathered a chorus of 60 courageous wo... Read Article

Melting Point

We have lost approximately 400 billion tons of glacial ice per year since 1994—a loss so voluminous and profound that it can be difficult to... Read Article

Thin Ice

With critical ice loss causing rippling effects on its rich biodiversity, Antarctica is indisputably at the frontline of climate change. Two... Read Article

Antarctica iceberg glacier illustration by Zaria Forman

A Glacial Pace

No one knows fast like Maggie Rogers, whose music career came on like an avalanche, having gone from college graduation to playing sold-out ... Read Article

Alaska glacier by Daniel Shea

Turning Tides

Fashion is awash with harsh truths: floods of environmental impacts, an insatiable thirst for newness at odds with calls to produce less but... Read Article

Ethical sustainable fashion style in Atmos by Nadine Ijewere

Living Legacy

Black cowboys and cowgirls have been largely written out of American history—and yet, they have blazed a trail rich in stories of strength a... Read Article

Girl riding horse with Compton Cowboys by Ivan McLellan

Cliffside Formations

Where the land meets the sea, geology reveals itself as a convergent continuum of earth and air, water and wind, space and time. The seaside... Read Article

Cornwall beach by Ben Toms

The Ties That Bind

Western scientists are still catching up to the knowledge possessed and passed down by Indigenous peoples. With our world hanging on by a th... Read Article

Wind Cave by Evan Benally Atwood

A Wave of Change

A Wave of Change: Xiuhtezcatl and Nick Tilsen

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Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

A Wave of Change: Kevin J. Patel and Dr. Vandana Shiva

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Vandana Shiva

A Wave of Change: Wanjiku Gatheru and Peggy Shepard

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Peggy Shepard

A Wave of Change: Jamie Margolin and Jane Goodall

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Jane Goodall

On The Verge

A tipping point is a delicate state in which a seemingly minor change to a natural system can lead to a sudden and massive change in its fat... Read Article

Graphic by Merijn Hos

A Mother’s Love

As the founder and executive director of GLITS—that’s Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society—Ceyenne Doroshow is here to bring su... Read Article

Ceyenne Doroshow by Kristin Powell

Hello

Whether you see them as cosmic coincidences or the unfolding of fate, a chain reaction of unlikely events led to you being here. Author Sash... Read Article

Pink leaf still life by Stefanie Moshammer

Fine Lines

Through panoramas and reflections on opposing natural landscapes, photographer Théo de Gueltzl and Ralph Cox trace horizons from the Swiss A... Read Article

I, Xingu, Am Dying

Eliane Brum writes from the perspective of the Xingu River, in Brazil, which faces imminent death as hydroelectric power plants and dams thr... Read Article

Xingu River in Brazil by Lalo de Almeida

Unwinding Time

During lockdown, photographer Vava Ribeiro set foot throughout a Hawaii temporarily void of human life but rich with natural landscapes to c... Read Article

Hawaii volcanic landscape by Vava Ribeiro

Toxic Waters

The pervasive poisoning of our world’s waters not only draws parallels to the toxicity of systemic racism; both further one another. An ocea... Read Article

Multicolor water by Michael James Fox

Into The Well

Photographer Bharat Sikka reflects on the journey of water in India—its sounds, its smells, its colors, its pace—and how our lives revolve a... Read Article

India water well by Bharat Sikka

Going Viral

Virality just might be the word of 2020, speaking not only to the global pandemic but also to the transmogrification of social media into a ... Read Article

Leah Thomas

Nocturnal Evolution

Like most during the pandemic, photographer Alexandra Leese saw the impact humanity's collective isolation had on the natural world—as a mom... Read Article

Flying bat by Alexandra Leese

Safe Passage

Over the last six years, more than 15,000 refugees have perished while traversing the Mediterranean Sea, seeking safety on foreign shores. S... Read Article

Blue cargo shipment by Alessia Rollo

As The Water Flows

Reclaiming ancestral knowledge has allowed photographer Evan Benally Atwood to explore their gender beyond colonization. For our latest issu... Read Article

Medicinal herbs by Evan Benally Atwood

Humus to Human

Humanity has had an inarguable impact on the earth beneath our feet—and yet even the name of our species derives from the same word as soil. Read Article

Australia Watarrka National Park by Laurence Ellis

Crowning Glory

For our latest issue, photographer Daniel Shea captured Alaska's treasured Tongass during lockdown—now, the site of one of the biggest publi... Read Article

Alaska Tongass National Forest by Daniel Shea

The American Monument

Photographer Jeremy Everett captures America's abandoned marble quarries—defective monuments once used for monoliths and headstones that now... Read Article

Rock falling in marble rock quarry in abandoned American monument by Jeremy Everett

Nature’s Blueprint

Via cyanotype printing, art director and photographer Namsa Leuba turns nature inside out—a digital dissection of matter and human thought v... Read Article

Nature blue topography print by Namsa Leuba

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