Nature Narratives in Fiction & Photography
Blue Karma keeps coming true. Last week's an Alaskan company announced plans to ship water to California's drought zones; now this evening, I watched an NBC Nightly News feature about Alaskan communities poised to become America's first climate change refugees. Rising seas and shrinking coastlines mean flood and erosion, which may drive residents inland. Government estimates place the cost... Continue Reading →
The cli-fi piece I wrote for The Atlantic has gone international! French publication Libération picked it up last weekend. My French language skills are currently limited to gist translation of old Edith Piaf songs, but I like the sound of "J.K. Ullrich est romancière." Romancière is a much more elegant term than "obscure-but-determined indie author", don't... Continue Reading →
Back in February I wrote a post about the Cassandra curse of sci-fi writers: when a concept you've imagined is unexpectedly mirrored in reality. This weekend brought perhaps the most uncanny such moment I've ever experienced. According to USAToday, a private company plans to ship fresh water from Alaska to California, just like the fictional Nilak company in my... Continue Reading →
New climate analysis, published today in the inaugural issue of Science Advances, indicates the drying of the US will be much more extreme than expected, bringing the worst droughts in a millennium. And our current water strategies may not be sufficient to manage the change. Severe drought a thousand years ago is probably what drove ancient Americans to abandon... Continue Reading →
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