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One of our most popular stories ever was a collection of photos depicting the anthropocene era -- that's a characterization used to refer to current times, when humans are remaking the planet and not in a good way. ("Anthropos" is Greek for human). As we wrote: "Since the mid-20th century, we've accelerated the digging of mines, construction of dams, expansion of cities and clearing of forests for agriculture."
A new book by photojournalist Zed Nelson, called The Anthropocene Illusion, focuses less on humans' destruction of nature but more on how that destruction is warping our relationship with the natural world. The images -- like the one above, with elephants that can be viewed from a hotel balcony in Indonesia -- are riveting. We interviewed Nelson to learn more about his project and featured some of his images.
Whatever happened to ...
It's been an end-of-summer Goats and Soda tradition since 2017 -- revisiting past stories to see whatever happened to some of the people and issues we've covered. This year's "following up" is nearing its grand finale. Here are some of the stories we've published. If you have a suggestion for a past story you'd like us to update, drop us a line at goatsandsoda@npr.org with "following up" in the subject line.
An ancient disease makes yet another comeback
"Action is needed, not tomorrow, but really now," said Yap Boum of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. He's talking about a disease that has been around for centuries — cholera — and is rearing its head again in Africa.
NPR's Tiny Desk features the Sudanese Canadian artist Mustafa, noting that for this musician, "tenderness is a radical act. Mustafa, along with a choir of Sudanese women, performs heart-wrenchingly beautiful songs about his community."
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