Environment

Science on Ice
Neil Shubin’s stories of polar exploration tell us about the losses ahead.
Marissa GrunesJan 13
- Science & Technology
- Environment
A Guide to Living in and with Nature
What the ancients can teach us about cultivating a sustainable world.
Kurt CaswellJan 13
- Philosophy & Religion
- Environment
 The Toxic Landscapes of War
Gregg Mitman looks at the bodily damage that soldiers take home in Joshua Howe and Alexander Lemons’s ‘Warbody: A Marine Sniper and the Hidden Violence of Modern Warfare.’
Gregg Mitman Jan 8
- Environment
- Politics
What Remains to Be Said
The L.A. fires, one year later.
Ellie EberleeJan 7
- Environment
- LARB Lit
Energy from Heaven, Not from Hell
Bill McKibben makes the case for combating the climate crisis by transitioning from fossil fuels to solar power.
Miyo McGinnJan 5
- Science & Technology
- Environment
Miracles, Magic Thinking, and the Climate Crisis
Tess Pollok interviews Jon Raymond about his new novel, “God and Sex.”
Tess PollokNov 26, 2025
- Fiction
- Environment
Our Reigning Prophet of Doom
Gideon Leek reviews Joy Williams’s latest story collection, “The Pelican Child.”
Gideon LeekNov 21, 2025
- Fiction
- Environment
Toward a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition
Ashley Dawson thinks about the future through Nicholas Beuret’s “Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition” and Thea Riofrancos’s “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.”
Ashley DawsonSep 25, 2025
- Environment
- Politics
Realism Scrapes Through
Harry Stecopoulos explores Ian McEwan’s new novel “What We Can Know.”
Harry StecopoulosSep 23, 2025
The Point, However, Is to Change It
In advance of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton’s forthcoming book “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” Genevieve Guenther revisits the authors’ 2024 title “Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown.”
Genevieve GuentherSep 13, 2025
The Shapes We Travel
Miyo McGinn conducts a circuitous Q and A with “The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere” author Nicholas Triolo.
Miyo McGinnAug 31, 2025
- Memoir & Essay
- Environment
It’s Only Getting Hotter
Lisa Kwon talks with Sam Bloch about his new book “Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource.”
Lisa KwonJul 21, 2025
- Politics
- Environment