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In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns dramatizes some inconvenient truths

The star-studded Apple TV+ series about climate change could have felt like a plea to eat your vegetables. But not if Burns could make it entertaining.

Do you have to be an optimist to work toward a better world?

For professionals in fields such as suicide prevention and climate science, the future can seem bleak. But sometimes action is the most effective form of optimism.

The climate novelist who transcends despair

Lydia Millet believes the natural world can help us become more human.

A sci-fi writer returns to Earth: ‘The real story is the one facing us’

Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the most acclaimed living science fiction writers, is done with deep space narratives. His focus now is on solving real problems — like climate change.

A sci-fi writer returns to Earth: 'The real story is the one facing us'

Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the most acclaimed living science fiction writers, is done with deep space narratives. His focus now is on solving real problems — like climate change.

Using science and Celtic wisdom to save trees (and souls)

Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a botanist and author, has created a forest with tree species handpicked for their ability to withstand a warming planet.

Daniel Immerwahr: Before ‘Dune,’ Frank Herbert learned from Native Americans

Native Americans’ warnings of environmental catastrophe inspired the landscape of “Dune.” Now their tribal lands are flooding.
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