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Fog Signals is our weekly wrap-up newsletter. A look back at the most memorable, impactful, and fascinating articles from the past week.
By Romain Laurent
The most loved stories from the past week
Skiing the Impossible – Everest Without Oxygen
On September 22–23, 2025, Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel etched his name in history.
He became the first person ever to both climb and ski down Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. (The Guardian)
Fancy a climb on the moon Io? It has an extraordinary peak called Steeple Mountain, which rises 20,000 feet straight up.
Saying Goodbye to Jane Goodall, a World Treasure
Today the world bids farewell to someone who spoke quietly, but left a huge and lasting legacy.
Dame Jane Goodall, the explorer, activist, scientist, friend of the wild has passed, leaving a legacy as luminous as the sunlit forests she loved. She was 91 years old.
Goodall spoke and traveled upwards of 300 days a year.
She spoke of ecosystem health, community livelihoods, species loss, and climate justice. She reminded us of the cost of inaction, but refused to let despair be our inheritance.
Even in her 90s, she traveled tirelessly, urging us to listen to the Earth’s voice, because, as she liked to say, we are not separate from it.
Broken Eardrums 40 Miles Away, The Loudest Sound in History
Explosions are really loud. But how loud have the loudest gotten?
On August 27, 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa erupted, producing the loudest sound ever recorded by humans.
The explosion was heard over 3,000 miles away, rupturing eardrums 40 miles from the site and shattering windows in distant towns.
The sound, estimated at 310 dB, was far louder than any modern jet engine, with the force of 200 megatons of TNT.
Famous Painting Connection?
Even more amazing, some historians and meteorologists believe that the iconic “The Scream” painting by Edvard Munch depicts the red skies over Norway that were caused by the Krakatoa eruption.
That strange looking little pod that you walked by. The spiky seed that dangles from a fall branch. These small moments may seem trivial.
Photographer Levon Biss knows they aren’t trivial, and shows us the magic and hidden beauty that these small pieces of nature offer.
British photographer Levon Biss brings a botanical marvel into sharp focus with his beautiful book The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits.
Using extreme magnification, he reveals structures that we rarely stop to notice. Hidden worlds of texture, symmetry, and ingenious design.
Working under the name Mynah FM, artist, designer, and animator Arina Kokoreva creates a world of movement and emotion that is bolstered by her own creativity.
Elegant Tasting Room at Sauska Tokaj Winery Looks Ready for Liftoff
In the rolling vineyards of Hungary’s UNESCO-listed Tokaj region, architecture and landscape conspire into something sublime.
Designed by BORD Architectural Studio, Sauska Tokaj winery rises as a sculptural tether between earth and air.
The result is clean, sophisticated, but also a bit sci-fi, feeling as if the aliens touched down for a nice, crisp Furmint.
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Nature fact of the day
Every October in North America, millions of monarch butterflies begin an epic migration, traveling up to 3,000 miles south to Mexico.
What’s chilling and awe-inspiring is that the butterflies making the trip have never been there before. They’re several generations removed from the ones that left the previous spring, yet they instinctively know the exact forests in central Mexico to overwinter.
By late October, the skies in some regions shimmer with waves of orange and black, like living confetti, before they cluster together by the thousands on oyamel fir trees, creating eerie, quivering blankets of wings.
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