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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 wrap ....

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