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How We Came to Know and Fear The Doomsday Glacier

by Carolyn Wells January 4, 2023January 4, 2023

“It’s the world’s most vulnerable glacier and key to the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, yet we’re only now getting to know Thwaites Glacier.”

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Posted inTop 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 18, 2022December 1, 2022

From writing about climate disaster and catastrophe to pieces on sleep habits, hometowns, and the heyday of a digital media empire, these five reads will take you into your weekend.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 28, 2022October 19, 2022

Past attempts to control the great Mississippi River through levees have led to significant land loss along the delta. Boyce Upholt asks: What more can be done — and at what cost? One morning last summer, as we weave in his skiff through the parish’s marshland, Richie Blink tells me that the federal government has […]

Posted inNonfiction

All Flourishing Is Mutual

by Carolyn Wells April 29, 2021October 14, 2022

“My favorite moment came in the years when my ǧáǧṃ́p would nod to himself and make the official pronouncement: “It’s going to be a good year for salmon.” In that moment, we felt like little harbingers of hope.”

Posted inNonfiction

Forget the Sheep, Pass the Dog

by Carolyn Wells March 10, 2021October 14, 2022

“The dogs knew the routine: settle down and relax so that the women could cut away their white tresses, shearing the dogs as closely as shearers do sheep.”

Posted inFeatured, Quotes, Science & Nature

What Is the Hot Commodity, Exactly?

by michelleweber June 1, 2018October 19, 2022

You say seaweed, I say fish, let’s call the whole harvest off. Welcome to the most interesting article on legal tensions around seaweed harvesting in Maine you’ll read all week, and maybe ever.

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