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Disasters causing billions in agricultural losses, with drought leading the way

Asia hardest hit region, says report on the burden borne by poor farmers due to natural disasters Natural disasters are costing farmers in the developing world billions of dollars each year, with drought emerging as the most destructive in a crowded field of threats that also includes floods, forest

Fracking: Scientific Evidence points towards public health crisis

Health professional groups raise alarm that build-out of drilling and fracking operations is creating a public health crisis.  As incontrovertible evidence of harm from fracking mounts and more health professionals raise the alarm, the fracking debate is taking place within an altered landscape. To

When A River Becomes A Legal Person: A Short Journey Down New Zealand’s Whanganui River

Gary Wockner The Whanganui is the longest navigable river in New Zealand, and its water and the land around it have been at the center of one of the longest legal battles in New Zealand history. In March of 2017, the Maori people living around the Whanganui River won the battle. Rivers are made of [

Why UNESCO’s ‘natural solutions’ to water problems won’t work in Africa

Mike Muller Although nature based solutions are attractive, these solutions are not the ‘green bullet’ that will solve the world’s water problems. Each year UNESCO releases a World Water Assessment Report, a document that explores potential solutions to the globe’s water problems. The 2018 r

Building for green growth in Thailand

Thailand seems likely to emerge as a model of green building in Asia, a region that is urbanizing more rapidly than any other in the world. Last month, the country took a significant step by submitting two Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Ch

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The Cold War’s toxic legacy: Costly, dangerous cleanups at atomic bomb production sites

William J. Kinsella Hanford was one of three large facilities anchoring the Manhattan Project – the crash program to build an atomic bomb. Seventy-five years ago, in March 1943, a mysterious construction project began at a remote location in eastern Washington state. Over the next two years some 5

Notes from the future: A film on Cape Town Water Crisis

The Cape Water Crisis. A film by Andrea Gema Films, produced by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southern Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, is dealing with a massive and serious water crisis. Cape Town residents have been told not use more than 50 litres of water a day. Fresh water shouldn’t be used for

World scientists, local leaders map research agenda for cities and climate change

The Cities IPCC Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, hosted by the City of Edmonton, culminated with the establishment of a global blueprint to better understand climate change, its impacts on cities, and the critical role localities play in solving this challenge. Over the course of three

Test spots malaria in two minutes, without blood

Anita Makri It picks up crystals excreted by the malaria parasite and hints at a shift towards self-diagnosis in the community. Magnetism and light have been combined in a test that can diagnose malaria in under two minutes without the need to take blood. The new test, which has yet to undergo cli

How Climate Change is Altering Air Travel

Fred Pearce Rising tides, icy air, melting permafrost and air that is too hot for take-off are challenging aviation as the world warms. Phoenix gets hot. But not usually as hot as last June, when the mercury at the airport one day soared above 118 °F (48 °C). That exceeded the maximum operating te

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