SCOOP: the Māori King and other Indigenous leaders will gather tomorrow to sign a treaty recognizing whales as legal persons.

the movement is rooted in the Māori worldview, which sees whales as ancestors, one Māori conservationist writes for Atmos: atmos.earth/a-descendants-…

Decades of violence and discrimination resulted in the loss of nearly all Black-owned farmland. Today, women of color are reclaiming their right to land stewardship.

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Climate change could put hummingbirds on an escalator to extinction, en route to a habitat that simply doesn’t exist.

@JasonPDinh writes about the evolutionary wonders of the hummingbird.

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Conservation dogs is all we need to know about today 🥹

Words by Michele C. Hollow

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What’s lost when we capitalize on nostalgia?

Route-66 became a tourist destination after the migration of the Dust Bowl Crisis died down, and is today home to many ghost towns. For Atmos, Liana DeMasi (they/them) took a journey along its past and future.

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In Diné tradition, one rises each morning with the sun, blessing and greeting the day. How, in a modern world that encourages disconnection, can we honor synchronicity with nature?

A poem by ₊ ⊹ ₊ ⊹ kinsale drake ₊ ⊹ ₊ ⊹

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Canada is on fire.

Meanwhile, Norway is going ahead with 19 new oil drilling projects, Biden approved Willow, and Trudeau ramps up fracking. Global leaders are approving fossil fuel expansions that will add gas to the fire.

Decomposition is inevitable, whether it be within nature or within our human societies. In this week's edition of The Overview, Willow Defebaugh asks: How can we learn to view waste as a possibility for wholeness?

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Variation is the hallmark of evolution.

This is especially true where sex and gender are concerned.

In this edition of The Overview, Willow Defebaugh looks at the many ways nature challenges binary thinking when it comes to sex.

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Carbon colonialism is the system by which the Global North “outsources” carbon emissions by moving dirty industry and waste to the Global South. It's time for the Global North to start taking responsibility for its economy and its production.

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Photographer Jermain Cikic turns his lens on Cuba’s bustling cities and sprawling landscapes, reflecting the country’s resilience and resourcefulness in the face of financial crisis.

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Over the past 20 years, more than 100 million ash trees have died. In the Northeast, tribes are coming together to save the threatened black ash tree, a cultural treasure and ecological jewel, from a ravenous beetle.

Words by yessenia funes

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It's time we cherish the Earth, not as our mother, but as our lover.

Ecosexuality is a distinctly queer strand of climate activism rooted in pleasure and love.

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“The Universe does not speak English.”

More than mere words, a language holds the identity of a people. For Atmos Volume 08, Ruth Burns breaks down the history of the attempted erasure of Indigenous identity, languages, and culture.

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In the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, a Rastafari community practices living in concert with the world around them. Photographer Philip-Daniel Ducasse travelled to Jamaica to capture the magic of the land.

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How does art come to be?

Nigerian fiction writer Eloghosa Osunde tells the story of Akin, a man who becomes a bridge between worlds, allowing music to pass through him into this one.

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Humans, who have long dreamed of interspecies communication, are now working to decode the calls of two whale species. But our efforts to understand our underwater neighbors require more than just scientific investment—they take real empathy.

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