Thor Hanson

Thor Hanson is an author and biologist, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Switzer Environmental Fellow and winner of the John Burroughs Medal. His latest book is “Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door” (Basic Books, 2025).


Latest From Author
DATE POSTED
May 15, 2025
Essay Climate Crisis
The Neglected Abundance Of Your Backyard
Exploring backyard biology helps reconnect us to nature, boosting our health and its biodiversity in the process.
Illustration by Celia Jacobs for Noema Magazine.
DATE POSTED
October 21, 2021
Essay Climate Crisis
What To Do About Climate Change? Everything You Can.
Nature's adaptations to a warming world offer us lessons in flexibility that should inform our own response.