Kristen French
@kristenfrench.bsky.social
editor/writer at Nautilus magazine, reader of books, surfer, californian, lapsed new yorker.
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After writing a book about very young fossil reefs, I got to learn about very old fossil reefs while reporting this story for @nautil.us featuring ⚒️🧪science by @phoebefossil.bsky.social and her collaborators and edits by @kristenfrench.bsky.social nautil.us/in-search-of...
In Search of the First Animals
A fossilized ocean reef on a mountaintop may hold clues to the evolution of complex life
nautil.us
April 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
After writing a book about very young fossil reefs, I got to learn about very old fossil reefs while reporting this story for @nautil.us featuring ⚒️🧪science by @phoebefossil.bsky.social and her collaborators and edits by @kristenfrench.bsky.social nautil.us/in-search-of...
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"The airy scent that follows rain is known as petrichor, and there are many forms. The petrichor in Singapore, for example, will be quite different from that of Reykjavik." @katykelleher.bsky.social @nautil.us #longreads nautil.us/scent-makes-...
Scent Makes a Place
How the desert taught me to smell
nautil.us
January 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"The airy scent that follows rain is known as petrichor, and there are many forms. The petrichor in Singapore, for example, will be quite different from that of Reykjavik." @katykelleher.bsky.social @nautil.us #longreads nautil.us/scent-makes-...
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"The rights-of-nature philosophy shifts the value of nature away from its ability to provide resources for extraction to its capacity to sustain life."
@kristenfrench.bsky.social @nautil.us #longreads
@kristenfrench.bsky.social @nautil.us #longreads
This Ocean Wave Has Rights
The true meaning of legal protection for nature.
buff.ly
December 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM
"The rights-of-nature philosophy shifts the value of nature away from its ability to provide resources for extraction to its capacity to sustain life."
@kristenfrench.bsky.social @nautil.us #longreads
@kristenfrench.bsky.social @nautil.us #longreads
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After a devastating ecological disaster, locals passed a law to recognize the waves at the mouth of the Rio Doce in Brazil as a living being with intrinsic rights to existence, regeneration, and restoration.
This Ocean Wave Has Rights
The true meaning of legal protection for nature.
nautil.us
December 17, 2024 at 8:58 PM
After a devastating ecological disaster, locals passed a law to recognize the waves at the mouth of the Rio Doce in Brazil as a living being with intrinsic rights to existence, regeneration, and restoration.