What if the key to understanding ourselves lies in the spaces between things—between words, between waves, between worlds?
nature
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Life Lessons from a Coastal Wolf Pack
“In Alaska, a biologist and her family learn how quickly these iconic predators can change the menu—and bend the rules.”
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The Long Fight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species to Migrate
“Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.”
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Why the West Needs Prairie Dogs
“They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them.”
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This Ocean Wave Has Rights
“The true meaning of legal protection for nature.”
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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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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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Gift Thinking
“The relationships, abundance, and reciprocity of nature’s economy.”