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Newsletter May 9, 2024: Sequencer’s climate streak

Plastics production alone will doom climate goals

Manufacturing plastics is a highly emissive process. The world needs to shrink production rapidly to stay within the 1.5 °C global temperature rise.

A few more thoughts on climate and borders

The Sequencer team chimes in

The public health crisis brewing behind bars

Incarceration leaves long-term impacts on an inmate's health. The staggering rates of incarceration transform those consequences into an epidemic.

The solar eclipse, as seen by Sequencer readers

Earlier this week we asked our readers to share with us their photos of Monday's solar eclipse. What each person saw during the eclipse – in their backyard, in the park, several time zones away from home squatting in a cemetery – was shaped by our lives, as all art,...

Why I’m a three-time eclipse chaser

Meditations on eclipse hunting, humanity, and the passage of time.