Kathy Ryan, director of photography: “This week’s cover story is the third installment of a two-year collaboration by The Times and ProPublica on climate migration, written by Abrahm Lustgarten. This photograph of a snowy soybean farm outside the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia highlights how, as the planet continues to warm, the country’s current desolate climate will transform, creating a prosperous and habitable landscape ideal for the millions of people who will migrate farther north.”Read the cover story: “How Russia Wins the Climate Crisis”

Source: New York Times December 18, 2020 19:18 UTC