Climate Change

July 14, 2021

New research suggests that an effective way to locate and track large concentrations of microplastics in the ocean could be from high in the sky.

Environment

‘The sea is throwing up’: Turkey’s record sea snot outbreak signals severe underwater pollution

The World

July 06, 2021

Sea snot is a danger to aquatic life, and experts say that untreated wastewater is interacting with climate change, creating big environmental hazards.

Critical State

Externalities of intervention: Part I

Inkstick Media

July 06, 2021

In the 21st century, many UN peacekeeping mandates have included so-called “green goals,” benchmarks meant to prevent conflict by reducing resource competition and environmental degradation.

Top of The World

A 'sick joke': Tigrayan forces reject ceasefire in Ethiopia’s embattled region

The World

June 30, 2021

Top of The World: The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has rejected a ceasefire, calling it a “sick joke.” And, dozens of people have died in western Canada amid a scorching heat wave that has set record high temperatures. Also, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un admonished top officials at a specially-convened Politburo meeting for failures in COVID-19 prevention tactics that have caused a “great crisis” in the country.

Top of The World

US launches airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militias

The World

June 28, 2021

Top of The World: The US has conducted airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militia groups near the border between Iraq and Syria. And, Canada recorded its highest temperature ever on Sunday as the village of Lytton in British Columbia. Also, the UNHCR called for a dismantling of systemic racism in a report on Monday.

Environment

Unprecedented: Northwest heat wave builds, records fall

Associated Press

June 28, 2021

Officials are describing the historic heat wave hitting Canada and across the Pacific Northwest as intense and dangerous, pushing daytime temperatures into the triple digits breaking all-time high temperature records in places unaccustomed to such extreme heat.

Top of The World

Witnesses: Air raid kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray

The World

June 23, 2021

Top of The World: Dozens of people have been reportedly killed after an air raid on a busy marketplace in the Tigrayan village of Togoga in northern Ethiopia. And, An international team of lawyers has unveiled a legal definition of "ecocide." Also, the Biden administration blocked access to three dozen Iranian websites which the Justice Department says were spreading disinformation.

Top of The World

UNESCO: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger.' Australia disagrees.

The World

June 22, 2021

Top of The World: Australia plans to fight a UNESCO proposal to add the Great Barrier Reef to it’s list of World Heritage sites “in danger.” And, Belarus has responded to new Western sanctions by saying they border on a “declaration of economic war.” Also, the WHO says more than half of poorer countries receiving doses through COVAX do not have enough supplies.

The Big Fix

NATO agrees to study how climate change impacts global security threats

The World

June 21, 2021

NATO leaders recently called climate change “one of the defining challenges of our times.”

Climate Change

Young activists are making their mark in the climate debate

Living on Earth

June 15, 2021

Teens and kids will feel the impact global warming more keenly than older generations — and many of them are choosing to act now to stop it.

Climate Change

The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles. Researchers found a way to track them with satellites.

‘The sea is throwing up’: Turkey’s record sea snot outbreak signals severe underwater pollution

Externalities of intervention: Part I

A 'sick joke': Tigrayan forces reject ceasefire in Ethiopia’s embattled region

US launches airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militias

Unprecedented: Northwest heat wave builds, records fall

Witnesses: Air raid kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray

UNESCO: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger.' Australia disagrees.

NATO agrees to study how climate change impacts global security threats

Young activists are making their mark in the climate debate

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