Best American series

"Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year"--

"'This was the most anomalous year (so far) in human history,' guest editor Bill McKibben writes, 'the year in which the relationship between people and planet showed its most dramatic signs yet of unraveling.' The selections in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 reveal a trying year for our planet--from the Lahaina wildfire tragedy to the lush Amazon jungle slowly turning to savanna--while also celebrating the earth's beautiful and mysterious ways--from the largest beaver dam on earth to a heroic innovation to prevent birds from crashing into Chicago's expanse of glass buildings. These essays offer solace in trying times, showing a way for a better future. They are, as McKibben says, 'a reminder that this world is still a lovely and deep place, well worth the fighting for'" --

Climate-linked ills threaten humanity / Annie Gowen -- Grand Canyon, a cathedral to time, is losing its river / Raymond Zhong -- Solving climate change will have side effects. Get over it / Sammy Roth -- Buried under the ice / Sarah Kaplan -- Rogues of the rainforest / Douglas Fox -- Has the Amazon reached its "tipping point"? / Alex Cuadros -- What plants are saying about us / Amanda Gefter -- A good prospect / Nick Bowlin -- Hot air / Heidi Blake -- Why Maui burned / Carolyn Kormann -- Deep in the wilderness, the world's largest beaver dam endures / Ian Frazier -- City of glass / Ben Goldfarb -- Journey under the ice / Douglas Fox -- Five hours from someplace beautiful / Brendan Egan -- Lolita floats still in Miami / B.M. Owens -- Nathan / Dan Musgrave -- Talk to me / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Homeward bound / Isobel Whitcomb -- Lonely battle to save species on a tiny speck in the Pacific / Joe Spring -- Sea eagles that returned to Mull / Emma Marris -- How do I make sense of my mother's decision to die? / Lindsay Ryan -- White oak tree at McLean: A case of recovery / Rachel May -- Be tenacious on behalf of life on Earth / Ayana Elizabeth Johnson