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Environment

Coastlines, forests, farmland, and energy. We cover the environment as a story about labor, ownership, and adaptation rather than as a running tally of losses.

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A harbor at first light, small trawlers moored in a row, nets stacked on the quay under a gray sky.
EnvironmentFeature

The Quota Meeting

Fishing quotas are set annually in a room most fishers will never enter. Veyra sat outside one for eleven hours and spoke to the people on both sides of the door.

By Hanna Lindqvist3 min read

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Editorial portrait of Adeyemi Oduya in a quiet editorial office.
Executive Editor

Adeyemi Oduya

Runs the East Africa desk and the magazine’s standards process.

Nairobi, Kenya · 2 stories

Editorial portrait of Priya Raghunathan at a shaded transit platform.
Correspondent, Cities

Priya Raghunathan

Reports on housing, heat, and how dense places stay livable.

Singapore · 4 stories

Staff Photographer

Teodor Brandt

Photographs work, weather, and the places where both are visible.

Lisbon, Portugal · 3 stories

Senior Writer, Science

Noor Al-Bakri

Covers field science and the argument over what counts as proof.

Brooklyn, New York · 4 stories

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