Olympic Do-Over: How Olympic Redevelopment Erased South Korea’s Past, Twice
Three decades after the 1988 Seoul Olympics, what lessons has the South Korean government learned about redevelopment and the Olympic Games?
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The Rise of the Climate Change Novel
What happens when our changing world starts to look more and more unreal? The recent boom in novels that depict climate change pits the real against the magical, surreal, and fantastical.
A Century of Cannabis: A Conversation with Nick Johnson
One historian exposes shadowy corners of cannabis’s history and offers prescriptions for achieving a bright, sustainable future for the world’s widest-ranging crop.
The Violent Environments of the Mexico-U.S. Border
An artist honors the struggles of undocumented immigrants in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands and shows the emotional and environmental toll of immigration policies.
“Working at the Edge” Photo Contest Winners
The winners of Edge Effects’ photo contest capture a variety of dramatic, surprising, and precarious border crossings from around the world.
Faculty Favorites: Books to Add to Your Shelf This Spring
Five professors recommend an eclectic set of environmentally focused books about animals, shopping malls, feral children, and more.
Finding Hope and Community with Honeybees: A Conversation with Heather Swan
The decline of honeybees is cause for alarm and a symptom of global biodiversity loss. Beekeepers, however, find creative ways to build relationships with honeybees and steward their hives.
Designing Seeds and Laboratories for the Green Revolution
The modernism of the Green Revolution is visible not only in the genes of seeds developed by agronomists, but also in the architecture of the campuses and laboratories where those seeds were engineered.
The Tangled Roots of U.S. Imperialism and Biodiversity Science: A Conversation with Megan Raby
What does the scientific study of biological diversity have to do with the history of U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean? Just about everything, says the author of a new book on American field stations in the tropics.
2017 Year In Review
Climate change, indigenous knowledge, environmental justice. Edge Effects contributors addressed critical issues in a year of social and environmental upheaval.
