Snow: Our History

A profound and lyrical meditation on humanity's relationship with snow—and what it would mean to live without it

Humans have never lived on an Earth without snow, but as global temperatures rise, snowfall, snowpack, and snow cover are diminishing. The frozen world is softening. Confronting this change inspired Amy Waldman to write Snow: an exploration of an element that, always ephemeral, has now become doubly so.

Snow braids environmental and cultural history with art, literature, and person...