Featuring stories from Ed Park, Rachel Kushner, Will Tavlin, Michaela Cavanagh, and S.C. Gwynne.
climate change
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The Hideaway
“In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green prepares for the end of the world.”
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Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It?
“Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of global warming.”
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In the Wake of the Water
“Federal flood-risk maps — which millions of homeowners rely on to make decisions about the future of their homes — aren’t accounting for climate change in their projections. The result? Risk models that systematically underestimate threats facing residents of flood-prone areas across the U.S.”
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The Struggle for Land, Reparations, and Belonging in California
“The state’s approach has shifted from cash payments toward access to landownership. But climate change has something to say.”
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Eating the Earth
“The burgeoning global food trade is a lifeline for billions, but it is fragile and hard on the planet.”
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The Italian Fruit Detective Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Disappeared Produce
“Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could combat a growing agricultural crisis.”
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The Other Side of the World’s Largest Dam Removal
“Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it?”
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The Rise of the Climate Anti-Hero
“Soup on a van Gogh may be more strategic than it seems.”
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The Ghosts of John Tanton
“We’re entering an era of climate nationalism, where the right could be poised to reclaim climate change as an issue of its own.”