Volume 22 Issue 5
We’ve Damaged the Planet So Badly It’s Entering a New Epoch
Welcome to the Anthropocene, a.k.a. the Age of Man, a.k.a. we're now in charge of Earth and we better take better care of it.
Photos of the People in the Path of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Some view it as their savior, others as a project that will hasten their demise.
The Government Won’t Let Me Watch Them Kill Bison, so I’m Suing
I think that if the public knew what was being done to the Yellowstone herd, people might demand a change in policy.
Trucks and Children Are Sucking the Beaches of Morocco Dry
A critical ingredient in concrete, glass and microchips, sand is a hot commodity – and in Morocco, illegal extraction costs the government $1.1 billion in unpaid taxes.
The Sluggish Race to Guard the Earth Against Meteors
In the last two decades NASA reported nearly 600 exploding meteorites, many as large as 18 meters, rattling the thermosphere like dynamite. Is anyone worried about that?
The Ecotourism Industry Is Saving Tanzania’s Animals and Threatening Its Indigenous People
For more than a century, the Maasai have been corralled into smaller and smaller pieces of land in order to conserve the environment and precious animals – and to make room for deluxe suites and armies of tourists.
Writers, Scientists and Climate Experts Discuss How to Save the World from Climate Change
Should we have fewer kids? Improve our farming techniques? Reform the energy market? Or just get better at helping one another?
The Baffling, Gruesome Plague That Is Causing Starfish to Tear Themselves to Pieces
"They twisted their arms together," a marine biologist said, "and they'd pull and pull and pull, until one of them came off... It was horrific."
Tim Schafer and Elijah Wood Discuss the Making of ‘Broken Age’
The designer and actor tell us about the very modern creation of an old-fashioned adventure.