On Monday, I interviewed the Palestinian team building a VR exhibit that preserves Gaza's cultural memory and envisions a future beyond Israeli bombings and besiegement. Hours later, Israel ended the ceasefire, making their work more urgent than ever. atmos.earth/pioneering-vir…

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NEW: A recently published study shows that nature can relieve your pain—and brain scans show that it’s not just in your head. me for Atmos atmos.earth/new-study-reve…

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Is language uniquely human? Maybe not. Scientists are creating a new field of "animal linguistics"—and they're redefining "language" along the way. A good one by Katya Zimmer for Atmos! atmos.earth/decoding-the-a…

“We’ve learned that actually everything we thought was only true about human language is actually not that specific to us," Mélissa Berthet tells me in my new piece about animal linguistics. One of my favorite stories I've written this year! atmos.earth/decoding-the-a…

in India's sugarcane capital, thousands of women farmworkers have been forced into hysterectomies—and now climate change is making things worse. critical reporting from Ruchi Kumar روچی کمار रूची कुमार about heat risk, forced labor, and the dark underbelly of agriculture atmos.earth/the-forced-ste…

"Both TB and climate change are solvable, yet remain unsolved. Their persistence is an indictment of our species’ worst vice: our lack of respect for people and the planet." Uprooter Jason Dinh is just trying his best speaks to 🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 for Atmos atmos.earth/for-john-green…

"Colonization suppressed our knowledge, so, we have to learn new ways of changing the impact of colonialism." in NZ, Māori leaders have started a new clinical trial treating the meth crisis with ancestral psychedelic mushroom medicines. more in Atmos atmos.earth/how-maori-peop…

NEW: A UN report published this morning says that the only way to solve climate change is to realign with nature, disavow consumerism, and transform the values on which our society is built. my latest for Atmos atmos.earth/the-uns-bold-n…

what if forever chemicals weren't so... forever? publishing in nature, researchers recently invented a new way to grind down PFAS and upcycle its fluorine toward what they see as a fluorochemical circular economy Elise Cutts has migrated 🐦🦋 has the story for Atmos atmos.earth/could-forever-…

yes, you read that right: climate tarot cards! learn more about the artists leading a movement in eco-divination in today's story in Atmos atmos.earth/can-tarot-read…

It was my pleasure to interview Robert Macfarlane about his new book, Is A River Alive?, for Atmos. On the global riverine crisis, rights for nature, and crafting what reads like a work of speculative non-fiction. atmos.earth/how-recognizin…

some good news from Mattha Busby! on how propagating native plants and mushrooms could help clean polluted soil—including in the toxic, scorched scars of the LA fires read more in Atmos atmos.earth/how-toxin-munc…

a new study found that nearly every kid born today could face "unprecedented lifetime exposure" to heat waves and other climate extremes but limiting global heating to 1.5°C would spare hundreds of millions from that fate Olivia for Atmos atmos.earth/new-study-esti…

a legal petition in Ecuador is making the case for nature to the "moral author" of the song, Song of the Cedars. the stakes go far beyond copyright law, reports Samuel Firman for Atmos atmos.earth/did-nature-wri…

with a little innovation—and a healthy amount of market growth—this ancient technique could lock away carbon dioxide *and* mitigate wildfire risk today's feature on biochar in Atmos atmos.earth/preventing-wil…

a psycho public official unleashed his right-wing followers on me for asking about their emergency response plans for Alligator Alcatraz. this is America in 2025. floridians' taxpayer dollars are paying for public officials to go on Twitter & attack the press. shame.