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Our Continuity, Each of Us Raindrops
Two brothers embark on a perilous journey to document endangered species, and instead find a different way to change the world.
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![Illustration of two young people lying in a canoe floating on the water. A green sprouting plant is in the corner of the canoe and reflections of buildlings are visible in the water. Their clothes are ragged and dirty, but their faces are serene and content.]()
![Illustration of two young people lying in a canoe floating on the water. A green sprouting plant is in the corner of the canoe and reflections of buildlings are visible in the water. Their clothes are ragged and dirty, but their faces are serene and content.]()
Plantains in Heaven
In an abandoned London hotel, a plant from another time sprouts.
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![Illustration shows a human figure laying in a curled position, surrounded by colorful butterflies and vines.]()
![Illustration shows a human figure laying in a curled position, surrounded by colorful butterflies and vines.]()
Tangles in the Weave
The time for Ever’s metamorphosis has arrived.
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![Illustration is a backdrop of palm trees and lightning with driving rain. An inset box shows a family sitting together by candlelight. An older woman rests her head on the shoulder of a man. A woman reads to a young girl. In the foreground, a young woman looks out of frame.]()
![Illustration is a backdrop of palm trees and lightning with driving rain. An inset box shows a family sitting together by candlelight. An older woman rests her head on the shoulder of a man. A woman reads to a young girl. In the foreground, a young woman looks out of frame.]()
The Isle of Beautiful Waters
Storytelling traditions connect a Caribbean family as they prepare to shelter from an oncoming storm.
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Indigenous Affairs
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Indigenous people defending their land face a disproportionate share of violence and threats
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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![Collage featuring warehouse worker carrying cardboard box off-gassing ethylene oxide]()
An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
The people who feed America are going hungry
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![illustration in the style of WPA posters of 3 electricians with electric bolts above them; a heat pump and solar panels in the background]()
To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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![Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks with an aide before a committee meeting]()
The Senate’s new farm bill would prioritize the climate. Too bad it’s basically doomed.
More climate fiction
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![Illustration shows an Asian woman and a Latino man wearing dirt-covered work clothes, looking into each other's eyes. They are standing in a shed filled with round trays of green leaves and white worms, and white moths fly around their heads.]()
![Illustration shows an Asian woman and a Latino man wearing dirt-covered work clothes, looking into each other's eyes. They are standing in a shed filled with round trays of green leaves and white worms, and white moths fly around their heads.]()
The Ones Left Behind
In the backroom of a Sichuan restaurant, Grace tends to the family’s legacy and discovers a new beginning.
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![Illustration shows a young woman and an older man sitting near each other, surrounded by vegetation and insects. Their expressions and pose suggest worry or tension.]()
![Illustration shows a young woman and an older man sitting near each other, surrounded by vegetation and insects. Their expressions and pose suggest worry or tension.]()
This View From Here
As a young woman prepares to leave her small town, a fight with her father sheds light on their fears for the future.
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![Illustration shows a Black woman with green jewelry looking into a cracked mirror]()
![Illustration shows a Black woman with green jewelry looking into a cracked mirror]()
To Rescue a Self
At the Green Nigeria Youths Fellowship, Eketi tries to find her voice.
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![Illustration shows two people looking out over a rundown city street with neon Korean signs and a deep ravine running through the center]()
![Illustration shows two people looking out over a rundown city street with neon Korean signs and a deep ravine running through the center]()
We Cast Our Eyes to the Unknowable Now
Deep in the fissures that plague Koreatown, Christina’s search for her sister reveals something new.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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The future needs cultures
Imagine 2200’s creative director reflects on the importance of depicting culturally-rich futures and engaging writers around the world in creating climate fiction.
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![Exxon Mobil sign in foreground with smokestacks of a petrochemical factory in background]()
![Exxon Mobil sign in foreground with smokestacks of a petrochemical factory in background]()
California and environmental groups sued Exxon over plastics. Now Exxon is striking back.
In a retaliatory lawsuit, Exxon says claims against it are motivated by “sordid for-profit incentives and outright greed.”
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![A diver is shown alongside a coral reef many times taller and wider than he is.]()
![A diver is shown alongside a coral reef many times taller and wider than he is.]()
The business case for saving coral reefs
A growing body of research shows the nation’s coral reefs protect $1.8 billion in economic assets each year and should be protected for our sake and their own.
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![A bearded man in a white tee shirt and white baseball cap sits in a boat on a river]()
![A bearded man in a white tee shirt and white baseball cap sits in a boat on a river]()
Developers eye Louisiana, Texas coasts for offshore carbon storage
Is the Gulf of Mexico the ‘single best opportunity’ to store climate-warming gas — or would that pose an existential threat to wildlife and people?
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