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  • artwork depicting an industrialized bootprint on a map of the EarthWelcome to the Anthropocene
    Supposedly we have entered a new geologic epoch: the Age of Man.
    What does this mean for our relationship with the natural world?
    Essays by David Biello, Raj Patel, Gus Speth, Ginger Strand, and others.
  • artwork depicting a sunrise over a forestRadiant Wildlands
    The radioactive forests near Chernobyl and Fukushima might be the
    ultimate Anthropocene environments. By Winifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little
  • slice of a collage artwork depicting a map of North America and animals, a crane lowering a wolf onto the mapReturn of the Wild
    Will humans make way for the greatest conservation experiment in centuries?
    By Adam Federman
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