A wall of glaciers, colored in a gradient of blue

Speeding at a Glacial Pace

Four questions about the future of Antarctica

An illustration of tiled smartphones showing a simplified person graphic and a giant red checkmark

Counting Americans in the Digital Age

The census goes online

Aerial shot of forest on the edge of water, with a town in the background

The Secret Life of Trees

Reading the rings of New York’s last maritime forests

A scuba diver descends to the jagged edge of a rock beneath the deep blue sea

Searching for Seamounts

A seismologist maps the mountain range below the Pacific

A cruise ship at dock in a beautiful bay

Journey to Nowhere

A very short excerpt from a poem-in-progress

The Lost Lakes of Iran

A drought takes its toll

Growing Up

Five questions about the future of cities

Renaissance Woman

Recognizing the female actors, dancers, and singers of 1920s Harlem

Alone, Together

Do coffee shops encourage conversation or isolation?

The Ghosts in the Hills

“One person’s secluded paradise is another person’s isolated nightmare.”

Salt of the Earth

Sanctioning the Silver Screen

The Beginning of the End

Carmen Giménez, a professor of English at Virginia Tech, is the author of six books, including Milk and Filth, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Be Recorder, which was short-listed for the National Book Award and PEN Open Book Award. This poem comes from a collection-in-progress called Nostalgia Has Such a Short Half-Life, which considers pop culture in conjunction with the end of the world.

The Power of the Past

A Death in Karachi

Taming the Wild Web

A Shattered Sisterhood

Caught in the Crosshairs
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Four questions on the future of American gun reform

Going West
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Finding Our Inner Child

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