How not to do conservation: powerful, moving piece by Stephanie McCrummen in Tanzania, for The Atlantic theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

The last two northern white rhinos are among the most photographed animals on Earth, but Magnum Photos' Paolo Pellegrin captures them anew, for Emergence Magazine emergencemagazine.org/gallery/najin-…

'It ain't Vail, put it that way': carving the Cairngorms, by Patagonia eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/stories/…

I was fortunate to work on this groundbreaking project from the ICRC, an immersive exploration of the human cost of urban conflict in Mosul, Aleppo, and Gaza broken-cities.icrc.org

Not surprised a new species of toad was discovered in Mount Kenya's forests (nhm.ac.uk/press-office/p…): it's a magical place, as I discovered reporting this 2020 Emergence Magazine story emergencemagazine.org/essay/illumina…

How not to save the planet, by Heidi Blake for The New Yorker
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“…It is a tale of relentless movement, adaptation, and migration, of a shifting landscape, changing climate, and restless populations.”
Listen to “A Whale in the Desert,” by Tristan McConnell. buff.ly/2Ur2kGq

In a world rapidly spiraling into climate turmoil, will we reorient to welcome migration not only as a right, but a necessary human adaptation?
Listen to this week’s podcast, “A Whale in the Desert” by Tristan McConnell. emergencemagazine.org/podcast/
Photo by Sarah Waiswa.

'We exist in the corridors between big estates': illuminating (if depressing) quote in this excellent Brooke Jarvis piece on the British countryside, inequality, access, and the need to know a place in order to care for it

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'All of this infrastructure is designed for a climate that no longer exists.'

This story by Christopher Cox is about dams, rain, and flooding in California, but its message applies to much else that we rely on everywhere

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“The story of Turkana and the story of us are entangled…It is a tale of relentless movement, adaptation, and migration, of a shifting landscape, changing climate, and restless populations.”
“A Whale in the Desert,” by Tristan McConnell. Photos by Sarah Waiswa.
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In this week’s essay from Volume 4, writer Tristan McConnell ventures across Turkana in northwest Kenya, and witnesses how movement has shaped and been shaped by the landscape for millennia.
Read “A Whale in the Desert,” with photos by Sarah Waiswa. emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-whale-…

One of the funniest articles I've read in ages, though I fear it's actually serious, which only makes it funnier of course

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How does a magazine 'meet our audiences where they are' when there's no one left?

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Proud of my very smart sister Justine McConnell who has (another) new book out, this time on poet and playwright Derek Walcott, and the ancient Classics in his modern writing #PublicationDay

'In a battle between Big Oil and big elephants, you know who is going to win': Jeff Goodell on a scheme to trash the Okavango Delta, and the climate, via Rolling Stone

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Wonderful Robert Macfarlane essay on home ground, common ground, and Barry Lopez, via Orion Magazine

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Huge congratulations to Andrew Rice on his nomination for this meticulous reporting of the true story at the heart of a load of false ones

Many of today's youngsters will live to 100, which will mean changes to education, work, retirement, and much else.

My (mostly good news) story for National Geographic about ageing and longevity

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'As a freelance writer, I have a hard time feeling sympathy for a publishing executive whose bonus may be on the line if the government blocks a multibillion-dollar merger': CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN on the books industry harpers.org/archive/2023/0…