Biology | Environment
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Chapter one
Sun
Ideas | Earth Science
Dawn of the Heliocene
Why the next geological epoch should be named for when we tapped the sun’s energy.
Biology | Environment
When Plants Go to War
In the fight against insects, plants have evolved an arsenal of ingenious chemical defenses.
Biology | environment
What the Meadow Teaches Us
Feeling is the physics of the organic world.
Chapter two
Plants
Biology | Animals
The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees
How mushrooms could solve colony collapse disorder.
Biology | Environment
Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too
How a steady diet of fertilizers has turned crops into couch potatoes.
Biology | Health
The Importance of Face Masks and the Tragedy of Downplaying Them
An infectious disease expert brings us up to date on the science of wearing a face mask.
Chapter three
Animals
Biology | Evolution
The Human Error Darwin Inspired
How the demotion of Homo sapiens led to environmental destruction.
Biology | Evolution
When Evolution Is Infectious
How “probiotic epidemics” help wildlife—and us—survive.
Biology | Environment
How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment
To preserve nature, we need to open our minds to it.
Chapter four
Climate
Culture | Climate
Kim Stanley Robinson Holds Out Hope
The science-fiction author on why climate change doesn’t have to be humanity’s final story.
Matter | Climate
The Greening of Antarctica
Few have witnessed the impact of global warming more closely than this scientist.
Ideas | Fiction
Los Angeles Is Gone
In an excerpt from his new novel, the author drowns La La Land.
Biology | Technology
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Environmentalism
To stop destroying nature, developers are mimicking it.
Related Facts So Romantic
“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
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