Earth

What Would It Mean to Live in the Clouds?

If one can dream up a better future for humanity or for whatever species humans evolve into, why replicate the past?

Oct 05, 2021
Amid a Pandemic, Finding Rootedness in An Urban Forest

When I walk the dog or run errands, I pay attention to the trees around me. It roots me in the now.

Apr 15, 2020
An Island of Trash at the Top of the World

On a remote island north of the Arctic Circle, several centuries’ worth of human-made pollutants have come to rest.

Oct 10, 2019
A Profound Desert Monument, or the Most Useless Tunnel in the World?

Burro was regarded by his contemporaries as a crazy person.

Jun 21, 2018
How Citizens Pitched in After the Mexico City Earthquake

A down pillow, grey with dust, came down the line. I was angry at it, at how light it was, how easy it was to pass.

Mar 26, 2018
Clouds That Shouldn’t Be There: How Photos are Changing What We Know About Jupiter

Polar cyclones. A huge magnetic field. A whole new Jupiter?

Mar 05, 2018
A Syrian Family Under Siege in Eastern Ghouta

“No one can answer if I ask why someone wants half a million people dead.”

Dec 19, 2017
The End of a Family, The End of the World

“What is the average life span of a species? Of a family?”

Astonish Me: Anticipating an Eclipse in the Age of Information

“It will be my parents’ last eclipse; it will be my daughter’s first.”

Aug 21, 2017
The Rancher Who Refused to Leave: A Fukushima Story

Masami Yoshizawa hauled his radiated cows down to Tokyo, demanding that his animals be studied.

Jun 22, 2017
Under Threat of the Really Big One

“You pick your tragedy and aim for that. I chose earthquake.”

Oct 13, 2016