Chatting the Pictures: Viral “Covid Meets California Firestorm” Photo
In our latest video, we discuss how this photo delivers a powerful commentary on COVID-19, and a compounding global climate crisis.
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Chatting the Pictures: Iowa’s Derecho, Another Massively Destructive Climate Event
The photo circulated widely after the derecho in Iowa. In this highlight video, we discuss the contrast between beauty and destruction.
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Capturing the Audacity of Climate Youth
Most climate strike photos capture the passion and urgency of young activists. This shot speaks to their audacity.
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How Climate Change is and isn’t Fueling the U.S. Border Crisis: These Pictures aren’t that Simple
With all the visual attention given to the "caravan," how powerful to see mass migration also depicted by people taking hold of a place.
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Has Climate Change Killed the California Dream?
California is used to the edge. With the multi-year drought and now these firestorms, however, I'm wondering if climate change has tipped the scale.
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Monster Hurricanes and Eco Disaster Photos: The Indecisive Moment
These eco disaster photos allow us to take account of the slow consequences of Harvey and Irma. The fact they defy closure is the whole point.
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Harvey Unprecedented? What About 2 Weeks Ago in Sierra Leone?
Although Harvey's impact seems to be mercifully smaller in ways than recent monster storms overseas, these events call for larger ways to scale them.
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On the Mirrors at Standing Rock
The symbolism of a mirror capturing law enforcement at the top of a ridge seems pretty straightforward, right?
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Some Thoughts on the Louisiana Flood Pictures
It's hard not to look at the photos of the historic flooding in Louisiana outside the frame of the presidential campaign and our national identity.
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Mediterranean Crisis: Ecology is About People, Too
Isn't it curious how people tend to think about "ecology" as it relates to plants and air and water and less in terms of humanity and how much we look out for each other.
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What’s So Impressive About Joe Raedle’s Climate Change Slide Show at the Denver Post
Like it or not, the photo story defies the simplistic treatment of the doomsday piece. If surprising for how politically incorrect it is, Greenlanders seem to see more than a silver lining to climate change.
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