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Earth Day at 50
For the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, we asked ten authors one question: “What earthly thing gives you hope at this point in history?” Continue reading
Why David Quammen Is Not Surprised
In 2012, science writer and Orion contributor David Quammen published Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic. The book charts the ecology and spread of “zoonoses,” diseases transmitted between animals Continue reading
The Gulf Between Us
Stories of terror and beauty from the world’s largest accidental offshore oil disaster. Continue reading
On Hope
A couple of years ago I started sometimes asking, at the end of my conversations: “What makes you despair, and where are you finding hope?” It turns out that answers to Continue reading
This Is Rebellion
In the face of climate crisis, complacency is no longer
an option. Continue reading