Culture

This year brought essential reading on climate change, endangered species, ecology, environmental justice, and other important topics about protecting the planet.

Our latest group of reviews showcases books that remind us about what we’re saving — and why we do it.

Whether they’re primers on environmental activism or a series on resisting autocrats, these books offer a chance to study up for the bumpy years ahead.

Massive art installations depicting birds and other wildlife help bring a touch of nature, and creative inspiration, to cities around Europe.

The season brings important new books by climate scientists, conservationists, activists, and novelists.

Darwin’s writings show that stories are central to ecology — and that appreciating nature as a portfolio of wondrous, pristine places is an obstacle to ecological literacy.

For many Black children, asthma and other health problems are ever-present companions in neighborhoods located near dumps, factories, and highways.

As mining operations destroy millennia-old glaciers, Kyrgyzstani director Begaly Nargozu’s new film reflects a disappearing landscape and culture.

For cartoonist Tom Toro, humor about climate change attacks hypocrisy, supports truth, and fuels resistance.

We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis.