ATMOS

AUGUST 1. 2025

How We Can Re-Strategize for a Thriving Future

To build lasting change, we need more than conviction—like nature, we need to embrace the necessity of strategy.

JULY 31. 2025

The World Wants Matcha. Japan’s Farms Can’t Keep Up.

The world’s obsession with matcha pushed prices to historic highs. As the climate changes, small farmers question how long they can keep up.

JULY 30. 2025

International Law Now Demands Climate Action—and It’s Actually a Huge Deal

The International Court of Justice’s landmark ruling shifts the obligation of climate action from moral appeal to legal duty.

JULY 29. 2025

Meet The Palestinian Cola Brands Taking On Coke

Coca-Cola is among the top global plastic polluters. Palestinian sodas claim to offer a more just, sustainable future.

JULY 28. 2025

Where Have All the Fireflies Gone?

Fireflies are disappearing in many parts of the world, writes Oliver Milman, author of The Insect Crisis.

JULY 27. 2025

What Can a Mushroom Teach Us About the Female Body?

Ying Ang’s Fruiting Bodies reframes fungi as metaphors for the female body, challenging dominant ideas of fertility and reproduction.

JULY 25. 2025

Reflecting on the Words and Legacy of Eco-Luminary Joanna Macy

The eco-philosopher taught us to see the Earth as sacred and our lives as deeply intertwined with its fate.

JULY 24. 2025

Can Better Words Lead to Better Climate Action?

Research shows language shapes belief. As the planet heats up, new words seek to better express the environmental chaos of our time.

JULY 23. 2025

Blue-Green Algae May Offer Clean Alternatives for Fashion Industry

Small organisms called cyanobacteria could make for big fashion solutions, from eco-friendly dyes to plastic alternatives.

JULY 22. 2025

How Palestine’s National Flower Mirrors Its People’s Plight

Palestinians see the Faqqu’a iris as a symbol of resilience, but Israeli occupation threatens its habitat, advocates, and even its name.

JULY 21. 2025

Manhattan’s $9 Toll Was a Win for the Climate. Trump Wants to End It.

The resounding success of New York City’s congestion pricing provides a blueprint for advancing social and environmental policies nationwide

JULY 18. 2025

Ride With Me: On Horseback, and Friendship

Humans have long shared a unique companionship with horses, which—humans aside—may have altered history more than any other animal.

JULY 17. 2025

The Surprising Cost of Our Quest to Defy Aging

From snail mucin to IV drips, longevity products and wellness supplements come at a high environmental cost.

JULY 16. 2025

The Minor Miracle of a Fossil Leaf

Fossilized leaves write a delicate story of Earth’s history into stone, for those who know how to read it.