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Art. Journalism. Ecology. A field guide to the digital Anthropocene 🤎 The Dirt Issue is now LIVE 🤎

[Dust-to-Digital @dusttodigital]

A dombra performance by Marzhan Kapsamat of Nursultan, Kazakhstan. The 23-year-old musician is playing in Lake Köbeituz, a salt lake in Kazakhstan that turns pink every several years.

[Latif Nasser @latifnasser]

The US election is tomorrow.  If you, like me, are tired of horse-race-style reporting, and need to zoom out, I wanna tell you a story. It’s about an ancient force influencing the election. And, as a bonus, it’ll give you an Easter egg to watch for as the returns come in. THREAD

[Geoff Manaugh @geoffmanaugh]

Gorgeous! I love this map of Snoqualmie National Forest, combining geology, topography, and section—architectural visualization applied to the structure of the Earth. https://t.co/7O8bSmfLPq

[the quaking mess @ThisOneQuestion]

if it wasn’t for the mosquito disease vectors, possible bread basket collapse in adjacent regions or all the flooding, I would totally be down for this

[Silica Magazine @silicamag]

In 2020 NYC, camellias, fig, and magnolia are absolutely blooming, while vegetation associated with a New England climate are steadily withdrawing and moving northward. https://t.co/Krl526mZ6y

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For those with the time to read 14,000+ words on hardcore lake hydrology... https://t.co/AFPCaCSK4v

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Amazing! Four years after our inaugural feature on the vanishing lake from “Dirty Dancing” the hydrological wonder has re-emerged for an unexpected encore. https://t.co/8BjPELNZ88

[Alex "Tropical" Forrest 🚉🌴 @380kmh]

when the train always stops in exactly the same place, the air conditioner always drips in exactly the same place, and a tiny ecosystem is born #TrainTwitter

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Today on Dispatch: June fires across the polar region have released record-shattering carbon emissions this year, only second to... last year. https://t.co/XIPJjsZ1x4

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Major victory for #NODAPL activists today, but the fight is long from over... https://t.co/RwDNtnAPUZ

[dan a @decafdana]

curators are like “i know a spot” and then take you to the intersection of art and technology

[WyoFile @WyoFile]

Part 1 in collaborative series examining coal's decline in Wyoming and Appalachia: "Whether it’s Welch, West Virginia or Cumberland, Kentucky or Gillette, communities that have built their cultures and economies around coal face a future without it." https://t.co/DnQTMiTcYH

[Silica Magazine @silicamag]

Before society "moves forward," it's worth taking this opportunity to confront American conservationism's problematic history.
https://t.co/e6dTbKX4R3

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We think about this a lot...

[Aaron Bady @zunguzungu]

earthworms are non-native to the Americas? OK, mind is blown.
https://t.co/QZCssR1xWr.

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Meanwhile in feature interactive land: Inside Indonesia’s fight to save its most important soil https://t.co/4wbK3RtAVF

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In addition to crossing protected federal lands, the current proposed route (unsurprisingly) traverses many rural, low-income areas and communities of color. https://t.co/6uvdaKTNj5

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INTERACTIVE: Arctic communities are living in the future nobody wants... https://t.co/wDFJTsIFpv

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Today on Dispatch: Could recent advances in digital archaeology help de-colonize the science? https://t.co/lF6fAY9AZG

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Today’s in-situ feature asks: Is off-world colonization really the answer? https://t.co/Ot6xkTVawb

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After a brief pause, yell, & radical repositioning, we’re officially dropping our Dirt Issue features in FULL INTERACTIVE MODE tomorrow.