Longreads<p>"I love this notion: that in vast seas and the absence of cues, the space between whales became the point of focus."</p><p>In this excerpt from her new essay collection, Christina Rivera explores nature, the flowing relationships between things, and the missing language we need amid a time of change: <a href="https://longreads.com/2025/03/13/language-words-climate-crisis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">longreads.com/2025/03/13/langu</span><span class="invisible">age-words-climate-crisis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a></p>