Introduction to Nature’s Nature David Baker, Poetry Editor There is no hiding. There is no sanctuary. There is no safe place that does not bear the pressure, nor indicate the destruction and contamination, of climate change. Damian Carrington, environment editor for the Guardian, reported a breathtaking finding about microplastic pollution at the topmost point of Earth: “. . . tiny plastic fibres were found within a few hundred metres of the top of the 8,850-metre mountain, at a spot known as the balcony. Microplastics were found in all the snow samples collected from 11 locations on Everest. . . .” Likewise, writing for National Geographic, Sarah Gibbens describes a sea dive by Victor Vescovo, on April 28, 2019, exploring the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean at 35,787 feet: “During the four hours Vescovo spent at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, he observed several marine creatures—one of which is a potentially new species—a plastic bag, and candy wrappers.” Gibbens continues by referencing another 2019 study that sampled “amphipods in six deep-sea trenches, including the Mariana, and found all were ingesting microplastics.”