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Environment	Don’t Let Climate Fatalism Become a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy The idea that it’s “too late” to reduce emissions fuels cynicism and despair, putting us on an even worse trajectory. Hannah Ritchie \| Feb 9
Environment	A City Cast in Concrete, Trapped Under Unbearable Heat Unchecked development has turned Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo into an unlivable urban nightmare. But solutions exist to lift it out of climate catastrophe. Yudhanjaya Wijeratne \| Jan 15
Environment	Dreams and Mycelium: Mapping the Endless Network of Existence How fungus and Freud converge to illuminate a deep ecology of mind, nature, and human ancestry. Sharon Sliwinski \| Nov 24, 2025
Environment	Bare Seeds: How Conifers Took Root in the Age of Giants On the evolution of conifers from prehistoric landscapes to the forests of the modern world. Joanne Anton \| Nov 13, 2025
Environment	Galveston’s Boom-and-Bust History of Migration From storms to oil booms, the region’s past is marked by extraction, upheaval, and the migrations they set in motion. Thomas Princen \| Nov 7, 2025
Environment	The Queer Lives of Frogs What frogs teach us about sex, science, and why biology is messier than we think. Ambika Kamath & Melina Packer \| Sep 11, 2025
Environment	Gaia’s Fever: Why an Overheating Earth Could Turn Deadly An aging Earth, like an aging body, is increasingly vulnerable to heat’s fatal accidents. James Lovelock \| Sep 8, 2025
Environment	The “We Evolved to Eat Meat” Argument Doesn’t Hold Up The evolutionary story behind meat consumption is more complicated — and less convincing — than it sounds. Gidon Eshel \| Jul 17, 2025
Environment	The Ghost Bird’s Last Song: How a 1935 Recording Became a Symbol of Hope and Controversy A rare sound recording of the ivory-billed woodpecker became both a touchstone for conservationists and the center of a scientific debate that continues to this day. Joeri Bruyninckx \| Apr 10, 2025
Environment	How Plants Are Responding to a Warming World — And Why It Matters Changing phenology, while seemingly innocuous, impacts our lives in many clear and tangible ways. Theresa M. Crimmins \| Mar 6, 2025