There is a particular lethargy that comes with reading weather reports these days, a kind of numbness that settles in when the unusual happens on a schedule. We used to consider temperature records as sporting achievements—rare, noteworthy, and surprising. Now, they arrive with the administrative regularity of a tax bill. Climate Change and the Environment Midway through January, Canada released its annual global mean temperature projection, and the figures are both worrisome and stubborn. According to the modeling, 2026 won’t provide the respite that many had hoped for following the scorching trifecta of the previous three years. Rather, it is…
Author: errica
To drive on water demands a special kind of trust. It is a confidence in physics, in the collected wisdom of elders who know the texture of a frozen lake by the sound it makes under a tire, and, increasingly, a faith in a climate that is betraying its promises. The winter road to Cat Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario winds through a seemingly endless, monochromatic landscape—a corridor of snow and spruce that only lasts as long as the temperature permits. This temporary infrastructure has served as the Far North’s circulatory system for decades. It’s the way heavy objects…
A landscape that has stopped receiving rain has a certain sound. The sound of the wind blowing through space feels hollowed out, devoid of its weight and dampness, not merely the crunch of dry grass beneath boots or the quiet of birds that have migrated to wetter ground. For generations, farmers and town planners considered these dry spells as cyclical intruders—unwelcome guests that would eventually be drove out by a La Niña deluge. But the rhythm has broken. The guests are staying longer, and they are eating us out of house and home. The data is finally catching up to…
In Navarro, a village roughly a hundred kilometers west of Buenos Aires, the ground crunches underfoot with a sound that feels odd for this time of year. It is the sound of dirt that has lost its recollection of water. Here, the bed of a huge lagoon, once spanning 150 hectares and filled with local birds, has been reduced to a fractured mosaic of scorched dirt, covered with the bleached remains of shells and dead fish. It is the hub of a slow-motion catastrophe that is spreading throughout the Pampas due to its bleak, nearly apocalyptic topography. Ignacio Bastanchuri, a…
There is a distinctive sound that a coconut palm makes when the wind passes 150 kilometers per hour. It stops to be a rustle and becomes a mechanical shriek, a high-pitched vibration that tells the atmosphere has ceased behaving properly and started warring against the earth. The Filipino people have been listening for this sound for generations. They know the beat of the Amihan breezes and the thick, humid embrace of the Habagat. They realize that living on the edge of the Pacific means accepting a certain agreement with nature: the water gives fish and cools the islands, and in…
Taylor Momsen, who portrayed the wide-eyed Cindy Lou Who almost thirty years ago, was the main source of fuel for the fire. She provided a particularly creative update on whether she would ever get back together with her green, misanthropic co-star. For a generation raised on the 2000 live-action rendition, the promise of Jim Carrey returning to the cave on Mt. Crumpit is particularly salutary for the soul, even if the actuality of the production remains an extraordinarily clear cautionary tale of Hollywood endurance. The history of the picture is noticeably improved when you comprehend the enormous physical toll it…
Thursday night’s 109-99 victory over the Houston Rockets was more than just another score in the win column; it was the eighth consecutive success for a squad that has spent decades as the only NBA organization unable to piece together such a run. Watching the final buzzer sound at the Spectrum Center felt like watching an extremely efficient exorcism of twenty-six years of mediocrity. The Hornets’ trajectory has completely changed as a result of their efforts to streamline processes and free up human potential. They are no longer merely playing in the season. The game itself was a masterclass in…
There is a strange, dazzling irony in witnessing the most violent men in professional sports cram themselves into custom-tailored Italian wool. On Thursday night, the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco served as the venue for this juxtaposition, presenting the 15th annual NFL Honors with a level of refinement that seemed eerily akin to a Hollywood premiere. The evening was notably unique in its pacing, led by Jon Hamm, who managed to thread the needle between biting comedy and the true veneration the league asks for its superstars. By the time the final envelope was opened, the room was…
There is a unique, hushed frequency that vibrates across a stadium when a quarterback discovers a receiver he trusts more than his own instincts. We saw it in Charlotte during the autumn of 2011 with a particular dual-threat quarterback, and for fourteen years, the Carolinas longed for that frequency to return. On Thursday night at the NFL Honors, the league officially acknowledged what those in the NFC South had believed since September: Tetairoa McMillan is the new heartbeat of the Carolina Panthers. In addition to receiving a trophy, McMillan’s 2025 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award vindicated a front…
The Chicago Bulls vs. Toronto Raptors game on Thursday night was more than just a game; it was an incredibly transparent real-time chemistry lab experiment. While the Raptors managed to clinch a 123-107 victory, the scoreline felt secondary to the sight of so many strangers wearing familiar jerseys. Brandon Ingram, acting as the major spark for the North, put on a performance that was shockingly effective, dropping 33 points with a surgical accuracy that left the Bulls’ overhauled defense in a state of constant, desperate rotation. The Bulls arrived in Toronto with a “new-look” squad, having finally pulled the trigger…