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The Trail to Nowhere: Life and Death along the Colorado Trail

The Trail to Nowhere: Life and Death along the Colorado Trail

A cycling journey across Colorado's Rocky Mountains, and an exploration of what it means to be alive.

2024

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Jan 28, 2024

Simultaneous Invention: Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Create

In a sentence, simultaneous invention is why you shouldn’t wait to create.

Simultaneous Invention: Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Create

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Mar 24, 2024

What Is The Amazon “Tipping Point,” Exactly?

And what will it mean for the future of our planet?

What Is The Amazon “Tipping Point,” Exactly?

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Dec 14, 2023

Zen and the Art of Mountain Biking

Cycling is meditation in motion.

Zen and the Art of Mountain Biking

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The New Climate.

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Oct 19

Consider the Pupfish

How the Trump administration gutted the Endangered Species Act — and what that means for the rarest fish on Earth

Consider the Pupfish

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The New Climate.

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Sep 25

In a Navajo Community Scarred by Uranium, a New Mining Boom Arrives

As the Trump administration revives nuclear power, companies are proposing to mine uranium near Native communities where the last boom’s…

In a Navajo Community Scarred by Uranium, a New Mining Boom Arrives

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The New Climate.

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Aug 18

The Bird Counters

On the last remnants of Missouri’s prairie, a six-person nonprofit is tracking the disappearance of North America’s fastest-vanishing birds…

The Bird Counters

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The Environment

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Jul 14

How America’s Wastewater Systems Became Conduits for “Forever Chemicals”

Under current federal regulations, industries are free to dump unlimited amounts of PFAS into public sewage systems that can’t remove them.

How America’s Wastewater Systems Became Conduits for “Forever Chemicals”

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Jul 6

The Combat Biologist

The Forest Service fired Sara Johnson for telling the truth about logging. She’s been making them follow the law ever since.

The Combat Biologist

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Apr 22

A Tale of Two Scientists

How Thomas Midgley Jr. poisoned the world — and Clair Patterson saved it.

A Tale of Two Scientists

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Apr 8

Something in the Air

How a Louisiana environmental group mapped air pollution in “Cancer Alley” — just as federal support for environmental justice collapsed

Something in the Air

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Essayist. Science journalist. Nature writer. Words in WIRED, Science, and Scientific American, among other publications.

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