Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction xvi
Nature Is Magnificent
The Body's Most Embarrassing Organ Is an Evolutionary Marvel Katherine J. Wu 3
From The Atlantic
What Slime Knows Lacy M. Johnson 9
From Orion
Too Big for the Universe Arianna S. Long 18
From Scientific American
Heads Up! The Cardiovascular Secrets of Giraffes Bob Holmes 26
From Knowable Magazine
How Far Does Wildlife Roam? Ask the "Internet of Animals" Sonia Shah 30
From The New York Times Magazine
Nature Is Roiled
Our Summer from Hell Jeff Goodell 47
From Rolling Stone
How Rising Groundwater Caused by Climate Change Could Devastate Coastal Communities Kendra Pierre-Louis 51
From MIT Technology Review
How We Drained California Dry Mark Arax 60
From MIT Technology Review
The Climate Solution Actually Adding Millions of Tons of CO2 into the Atmosphere Lisa Song James Temple 69
From ProPublica/MIT Technology Review
In the Oceans, the Volume Is Rising as Never Before Sabrina Imbler 88
From The New York Times
The Nature of Plastics Meera Subramanian 93
From Orion
Humans Are a Part of Nature
Black Bears, Black Liberation Rae Wynn-Grant 109
From The Cleanest Line (Patagonia)
Finding Freedom in the Natural World Cynthia R. Greenlee 114
From The New York Times
Humanity Is Flushing Away One of Life's Essential Elements Julia Rosen 119
From The Atlantic
Poisoned-Part 1: The Factory Corey G. Johnson Rebecca Woolington Eli Murray 131
From The Tampa Bay Times
Future Moves Yessenia Funes 149
From Atmos
There's a Clear Fix to Helping Black Communities Fight Pollution Rachel Ramirez 152
From Vox
To Be a Field of Poppies Lisa Wells 161
From Harper's
Ways of Knowing
To Hell with Drowning Julian Aguon 179
From The Atlantic
To Speak of the Sea in Irish Claudia Geib 187
From Hakai Magazine
A Tight-Knit Island Nation Hopes to Rebuild While Preserving "The Barbudan Way" Mikki K. Harris 191
From National Geographic
Thriving Together: Salmon, Berries, and People 'Cúagilákv (Jess Háusti) 200
From Hakai Magazine
Your Face Is Not Your Own Kashmir Hill 206
From The New York Times Magazine
Quantum Enlightenment Ruth Robertson 225
From Atmos
Futures We Could Have
Why Combining Farms and Solar Panels Could Transform How We Produce Both Food and Energy Chris Malloy 231
From The Counter
A Recipe for Fighting Climate Change and Feeding the World Sarah Kaplan 238
From The Washington Post
Power Shift Justine Calma 246
From The Verge
Beavers Are Firefighters Who Work for Free Lucy Sherriff 260
From Sierra
New Wind Projects Power Local Budgets in Wyoming Jane C. Hu 266
From High Country News
Work from Home, Save the Planet? Ehhh Emily Atkin 270
From Heated
In Amsterdam, a Community of Floating Homes Shows the World How to Live Alongside Nature Shira Rubin 274
From The Washington Post
A River Reawakened Jessica Plumb 282
From Orion
There's a Global Plan to Conserve Nature. Indigenous People Could Lead the Way Somini Sengupta Catrin Einhorn Manuela Andreoni 288
From The New York Times
Contributors' Notes 297
Other Notable Science and Nature Wilting of 2021 305
