What if the key to understanding ourselves lies in the spaces between things—between words, between waves, between worlds?
climate change
The Languages Lost To Climate Change
“Climate catastrophes and biodiversity loss are endangering languages across the globe.”
Here Come the Lionfish
“Coming face to face with lionfish in the warming waters of the Aegean Sea, James Bridle traces the unfolding of geology, evolution, and empire that not only occasions this meeting, but binds us in relationship with this ‘invasive’ species.”
Wild Clocks
“Attentive to the loss of age-old ecological relationships as ‘wild clocks’ fall out of synchronization with each other, David Farrier imagines an opportunity to renew the rhythms by which we live.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories from Ed Park, Rachel Kushner, Will Tavlin, Michaela Cavanagh, and S.C. Gwynne.
The Hideaway
“In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green prepares for the end of the world.”
Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It?
“Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of global warming.”
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.”
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.”
Eating the Earth
“The burgeoning global food trade is a lifeline for billions, but it is fragile and hard on the planet.”
