A Journey to the Center of the Earth The best landscape photographers can cast their lens on what has existed for centuries and convey something totally new. Here, images from around the world highlight the work of the 2019 International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition participants
Rhino-Plasty Botswana takes a radical step to save its herd from poachers
Your Bamboo Toothbrush, Madame The Opéra Liège is the first hotel in France to eliminate single-use plastic
Paradise Tossed Hawaii’s “plastic beach” is a sobering showcase of how we’ve trashed Earth
A World of Hurt Young people are increasingly seeking help for anxiety over the climate crisis
All the Leaves Are Burned, and the Sky Is Gray With Australia ablaze, our writer recounts her escape from L.A.’s fires—and wonders what’s next
Up in Flames Are Australia’s fires evidence we’ve crossed a tipping point?
Lannister’s Greatest Battle Yet In a post-Thrones world, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has become a climate warrior
Birds Are Losing the Climate Fight Global warming causes some species to become smaller
Saving Whales Is More Important than Planting Trees Restoring them to their pre-hunting numbers could capture 1.7 billion tons of CO2 annually
Our Own Titanic Moment To visualize the stakes of the climate emergency, think about the fabled ship: dangerously little time remains to correct course
How to Kill a Predator Backed by big-bucks conservatives, and with deep ties in D.C., the Pacific Legal Foundation is systematically destroying U.S. wildlife protections
Fighting a Burning Injustice Threatened with death, this professor battles giant corporations setting fire to rare wilderness areas
Flood Zone Venice, its masterpieces, and its gondolas are underwater and floundering
The Most Important Man on Earth David Attenborough is beloved in Britain, and, at 93, a global star. Now he’s sounding alarms about the planet. Is he too late?
Private Jets Feel the Greta Effect Climate collapse? Who cares! Bill Gates, Oprah, and the rich Chinese fly high. Swedes are getting grounded
Bronze Age. Iron Age.
Now, the Plastic Age
Congratulations: your garbage has entered Earth’s fossil record
Protest or Die? Extinction Rebellion argues that radical, mass nonviolent civil disobedience is the only way to change current climate policies. On October 7, they’re going global
Very High and Drying The little-known “third pole,” in Asia’s high peaks, is one of the most ecologically diverse places on Earth
Paradise in Flames An epic journey by river and road reveals the horrible price of the Amazon inferno
