Slimy Fertility: Lagoons and Climate Change

Lagoons breed many things, both in the imagination and in physical reality. Often spaces of horror and death, lagoons are also places of leisure and life. Literary representations of lagoons merit attention because, as climate change continues to melt ice across the planet, new lagoons are being created even as existing ones face increased threats. This article examines several significant literary and actual lagoons to highlight both their complexity and their importance, emphasizing the need to better understand how human behaviors and representations impact these fragile ecosystems.