Gemma Tarlach
About Gemma Tarlach
Senior editor and writer at Atlas Obscura
Can Loktak Lake’s astounding floating islands bounce back?
A photographer’s drone’s-eye image of the famous phumdis of northeastern India shows a unique environment undergoing change.
Ghostly satellite image captures the Arctic ‘losing its soul’
In the aftermath of an extreme melt event, what do scientists see in the Greenland Ice Sheet’s swirls of white, blue, and ominous grey?
Scientists hate sun glint, but it has a silver lining
This beautiful, satiny optical phenomenon can wreck satellite imaging, but it can also reveal hidden aspects of our planet.