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Intertwined with air

Siwakorn Odochao details his people’s way of perceiving trees and humans as intimately connected, and draws on the air as the element that weaves between them. Through the co-dependency of humans and trees to prepare the air for each other, he elaborates on the relationship between air, health and environment.

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My rainforest upbringing

In the introduction to her serial, research biologist Nataly Allasi Canales charts the influences that led her to passion for preserving the species of the Peruvian Amazon, where she spent her childhood.

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Chasing spring

Isabella Kaminski reflects on a transformative journey that saw her cycle the length of the UK, tracking the first signs of spring. She explores what the changing seasons can tell us about ourselves and the climate crisis.

  • Long read

Our complicated love affair with light

Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.

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  • Above, the head of a coriaceous turtle; middle, a coriaceous turtle seen from above; below, the turtle seen from the side. Engraving by Heath.
  • Pond turtle (Emydidae) eye
  • A loggerhead turtle. Etching.
  • Above, a loggerhead turtle viewed from above; below, a loggerhead turtle viewed from below. Etching by Hill.
  • Above, an imbricated turtle viewed from above; below, an imbricated turtle viewed from the side. Etching by Hill.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • Seahorses and turtle shells from the Wellcome collection.
  • The skeleton of a turtle seen from below. Etching.
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