Cartoonists explore our natural world, from the smallest microorganism to the outer limits of our atmosphere. Featuring a cover by Jesse Jacobs and 112 pages of comics from 30 cartoonists on the beauty, power, and majesty of nature.

   

In this issue:

Four cartoonists on surviving a natural disaster

What are we talking about when we talk about invasive species?

Living soil, attack of the slime, and the vanishing sky

The last Okinawan dugongs

The incredible Bog BeingThe full lineup for the magazine is:

     

Invaders: What Are WeTalking About When We’re Talking About Invasive Species? by Sarah Glidden.

Living Soil by Madeleine Jubilee Saito and Whitney Bauck.

Coastal Collapse by Rosa Colón on the changing coastline in Puerto Rico.

Breathless by Kay Sohini on air pollution, asthma, and what individual change means for global problems.

The Last Okinawan Dugongs by Sam Nakahira

With Dispatches, Strips, and other contributions from:

For The Response, natural disasters experienced by Chris Kindred, Colleen Frakes, Brian Fies, and Shelby Criswell.

Nature stats by Kristel Bugayong, Archive editorial cartoons on forest preservation with writing from Warren Bernard, and in our letters to the editor Linette Moore illustrates our readers’ favorite spots in nature. Plus an interview about the LandBack campaign by SI Rosenbaum and Arigon Starr.

Dispatches from Levi Hastings, Melanie Gillman, Maki Naro and Matthew Francis, Iona Fox, Myfanwy Tristram, Alexandra Beguez, and Jorge Gonzalez.

Strips by Gemma Correll, Joey Alison Sayers, Peter Kuper, KC Green, Mattie Lubchansky, Matt Bors, Niccolo Pizarro, Ash Szymanik, Caroline Cash, and Whit Taylor.

With illustrations by Daniel Locke and Mark Kaufman.