Atmos

Climate and Culture
Volume 11 Micro/Macro
Volume 10 Afterlife
Volume 09 Kinship
Volume 08 Rhythm
Volume 07 Prism
Volume 06 Beyond
Volume 05 Hive
Volume 04 Cascade
Volume 03 Flourish/
Collapse
Volume 02 Latitude
Volume 01 Neo-Natural

In This Issue

Paradise Lost
As a solo artist, ANOHNI has created a discography of hauntingly beautiful music that is equally capable of moving audiences to tears and onto the dancefloor. Combined with her visual art, it’s a body of work that pulls no punches and tackles political issues that range from climate change to the refugee crisis. Here, alongside original artwork from her recent exhibition “Miracle Now,” she reflects on paradise, the patriarchy, and preventing ecocide. Read Article
Human Nature
Award-winning photographer Daniel Beltrá has dedicated his life to capturing human-caused environmental catastrophes around the world. Here, he opens up his archive to us and offers a glimpse of what it means—and what it takes—to tell the harder story. Read Article
Carbon Copy
Manufacturing startups that are putting the world’s most pernicious greenhouse gas to use have us questioning whether or not the future of climate is set in stone. Read Article
Ode To Soylent
What sustains us? One poet shares their experience trying the food-less Soylent diet. Read Article
Mission Impossible
As one of the first chefs to get his hands on the Impossible Burger, Brad Farmerie was up for the challenge. It turns out that it didn’t take much to get people hooked. Read Article
Uncommon Threads
From mushroom-grown leather to bioengineered spider silk, six companies at the forefront of material innovation are emulating nature’s timeless structures and strategies. Read Article
Designing The Future
For a growing number of visionary designers, the future of fashion is interwoven with biology. Read Article
Adapting to the Anthropocene
Communities around the world are using new technologies to adapt to and survive the impacts of their changing climates. Read Article
Act Natural
Ryan McGinley has made a name for himself in the art world by capturing subjects in their element—or rather, the elements—presenting images that showcase the human spirit at its most authentic, entirely unabashed and uninhibited. Read Article
I Love You, Earth
In her 2018 song of this name, Yoko Ono describes the planet as being at a “turning point in eternity.” With recent reports making the threat of our changing climate more imminent and dire than ever, nothing could be closer to the truth. Here, the legendary artist and activist reminds us what we can learn from our environment. Read Article
Neo-Farming
Two farming frontiers are reexamining our relationship to one of Earth’s most fundamental elements: soil. Read Article
Sensory Overload
Artist Sean Raspet uses scent and taste to provoke questions about the nature of artificiality. Read Article
Lab Culture
Introducing the new class of female scientists and entrepreneurs who are carving out the future of clean meat. Read Article
Made to Order
The technology to create “designer babies” is closer than ever, forcing some ethicists to reconsider longstanding stigmas about human gene editing. Read Article
Synthesis
It’s estimated that 8.7 million species exist in the natural world, with the vast majority unidentified. As diverse as this bio-kingdom appears to be, there exists a common need that unites all life on Earth: light. Read Article