Climate Culture
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People doubt their actions affect climate change. Is that a bad thing?
More Americans are blaming corporations, not individuals, for the climate crisis, a new poll shows.
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![Collage of illustrated white-tailed deer head surrounded by cutouts of tree saplings and a red hunting crosshair target on top]()
Deer are threatening American forests. Is more hunting the solution?
It’s open season for a shift in wildlife management.
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![Collage: an eye surrounded by silhouettes of falling birds, street lamps, rectangular cutouts of night sky, and a window with a curtain silhouette made of night sky; drawn star graphics on top]()
![Collage: an eye surrounded by silhouettes of falling birds, street lamps, rectangular cutouts of night sky, and a window with a curtain silhouette made of night sky; drawn star graphics on top]()
In defense of darkness
Artificial light is polluting the night sky. What do we stand to lose?
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![Collage: a hand surrounded by water droplets, wet leaves, cutouts of ponds, mosquitoes, and a can of bug spray]()
Humidity, the mosquito, and me
Mosquitoes and I cherish the same thing when it comes to our ideal summer weather: mugginess.
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![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
How climate change is muting nature’s symphony
From warbling loons to chirping toads, rising temperatures threaten some of the Earth’s most iconic sounds.
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![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
How foraging for edible plants helped me connect with my roots
What started as foraging for mugwort in New York City became a new way to think about migration and belonging.
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![Collage: circles of oil slicks, a gas station sign, a vintage car cut in half, a nose, a gas canister, and a perfume bottle]()
Saying goodbye to the dangerous, alluring scent of gasoline
Electric vehicle makers are grappling with our olfactory attachment to the fuel.
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Is accepting the end of humanity the key to climate action? This scholar thinks so.
“This is not another ‘before it’s too late’ book. This is a ‘what if it’s already too late?’ book.”
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![Musician Drake giving a thumbs up in front of a Virgin airlines plane with a decal of Drake's face and the words]()
Drake’s private jet shows the climate impact of the influencer economy
The rapper's Boeing 767 was a gift from a Canadian cargo airline.
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As North Carolina warms, one farm is turning to a tropical crop: Taro
It’s part of a larger effort to make the food system more resilient to climate change — and more delicious.
