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“Everybody on Earth is dependent on the boreal forest shielding this permafrost from thawing.” Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Edward…
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries. By Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat A breadfruit…
As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost • Photographs by Nicholas JR White From the slopes behind the village of Ernen, it is…
As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable.
The mandatory program, which required 8,000 facilities to report their release, will be ended to reduce ‘bureaucratic red tape’ The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Friday a rule to end a mandatory program requiring 8,000 facilities to report their…
Global warming brings wetter monsoons and catastrophic harm to countries that have not caused the crisis. Pakistan is bearing the brunt of it. By Keerti Gopal More than 2 million people have been displaced in Pakistan since June of this…
Healthy forests are more than climate shields; in the Amazon, they also serve as public-health infrastructure. A Communications Earth & Environment study spanning two decades across the biome links the extent and legal status of Indigenous Territories to 27 respiratory,…
Citing laws more commonly used against organized crime, the lawsuit argued that fossil fuel companies were responsible for devastating hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.
Rising temperatures have caused as many as 4.6 million extra dengue cases each year, and will cause many more by 2050, a new study finds. By Anika Jane Beamer Global cases of flu-like dengue fever reached a historic high last…
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say floodwaters that threatened a major town in eastern Punjab province have started receding, sparing its 700,000 residents. However, rising waters on Friday swamped villages near two nearby cities, forcing panicked evacuations. The Disaster Management…