ATMOS

JULY 1. 2025

This July 4, Ask Yourself: Who Counts as Free?

While the U. S celebrates independence, millions are denied basic dignity. A Lakota tradition of radical equality offers a different approach

JUNE 30. 2025

Syrians Want a Green Future. Can Their New Government Deliver?

The fall of the Assad regime has offered the Syrian people a revolutionary moment to rebuild with the environment in mind.

JUNE 29. 2025

In Photos: An Artist’s Reckoning With a Vanishing Sea

At California’s Salton Sea, where cracked shores meet chemical haze, Lío Mehiel performs a ritual act of resilience in the face of toxicity.

JUNE 27. 2025

In a Sinking Venice, Jeff Bezos’ Wedding Draws Private Jets and Protestors

Hundreds of the world’s wealthiest guests have travelled to Venice by the most polluting means possible to celebrate Jeff Bezos’ wedding.

Following in the Creative Footsteps of Foxes

Curious and trusting of the unknown, foxes offer many lessons on how to live a creative life.

JUNE 26. 2025

How Abandoned Buildings Can Make Communities More Climate-Resilient

Across the Global South, a new generation of designers is reimagining architectural failure as a tool for adaptation and survival.

JUNE 25. 2025

Why One Geologist Thinks We Should All Pay More Attention to Rocks

Professor Marcia Bjornerud urges us to understand rocks as records of earlier versions of the planet—and as a call to protect its future.

JUNE 24. 2025

How Coastal Communities Are Becoming the Greatest Guardians of the Sea

Co-producers of David Attenborough’s latest film spearheaded a program to help ocean towns create their own national parks at sea.

JUNE 23. 2025

The Surprising Connection Between Feral Cats and Extreme Heat

The evolutionary ancestors of house cats evolved in the desert, but that doesn’t make them immune to heat waves.

JUNE 20. 2025

Armed With Hope, We Will Rise Like the Sun

In the vast darkness of the universe, the sun is our greatest proof that light—and life—persists.

JUNE 19. 2025

In a Burning World, Witchcraft Is on the Rise

From climate grief to political resistance, the rise of modern magic reflects a broader shift in how people relate to power and land.

JUNE 17. 2025

The Emotional Whiplash of a Climate Scientist

Dr. Kate Marvel explores the grief, anger, wonder, and love she feels studying climate change in an excerpt from her new book, Human Nature.

JUNE 16. 2025

Lessons from Yemaya About The Healing Power of Water

In an excerpt from her new book, Wonderment, writer Amber C. Snider outlines six ways to tune into the spiritual power of water.

JUNE 15. 2025

Where The Road Ends: Life In The Everest Region

Photographer Felix Gundlach documents communities in the Himalayas who build, carry, and live without roads or waste.