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Michelle Nijhuis

Science Journalist

Michelle Nijhuis is a project editor at The Atlantic and the author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction (2021).

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Written by Michelle Nijhuis

A group of people sitting or standing under a large tree in a dry, hilly landscape with shrubs and distant mountains.

essayThe environment

The miracle of the commons

Far from being profoundly destructive, we humans have deep capacities for sharing resources with generosity and foresight

Michelle Nijhuis

Two girls sitting on a large tree branch, reading a book and smiling, surrounded by green foliage in the background.

essayFairness and equality

Stories are waves

My daughter insists that Bilbo Baggins is a girl and I’m her willing conspirator in updating the classics for our times

Michelle Nijhuis

Parents smile at their daughter, all standing in a grassy field with snow-capped mountains in the background, the child wearing an adult coat.

essayThe environment

The ghost commune

Unplugging from the electrical grid was relatively easy. What we didn’t realise was that we needed the human grid, too

Michelle Nijhuis