NAIROBI, Kenya — Vultures scavenge for dead animals along a river turned sewer conduit in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Its waters turn from clear to black as it traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs. The river and its tributaries cross Kibera, known as Africa’s largest slum with close to 200,000 residents,Continue Reading
Awe-inspiring storms roll in almost every night during the Amazon rainy season, replenishing the Xingu River and illuminating the night sky with jags of lightning. This is a period when the forest swells with life. Lustrous pale green shoots burst from every plant, bustling the canopy upwards and outwards. AtContinue Reading
Community-led efforts to restore degraded peatlands in Indonesia’s Riau province could be put to the test in early 2023 as the dry season sets in. Riau is the perennial epicenter of the burning season on Sumatra Island, and is expected to have a more intense dry season after three consecutiveContinue Reading
This was my first full year at the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), and 2022, arguably, saw one of the most consequential environmental decisions in Jamaica’s history: the long awaited declaration of the Cockpit Country Protected Area (CCPA). On the other hand, there were several decisions and actions resulting in negativeContinue Reading
With year’s end around the corner many are wondering what 2023 will look like in terms of disasters caused by global warming. Deforestation continues, floods and droughts are now a constant around the world. Many keep wanting to fly and enjoy their vacation without having to think about their carbonContinue Reading
Africa, home to about 15% of the world’s population, faces serious environmental challenges, including deforestation, land degradation, biodiversity loss and extreme vulnerability to climate change. The continent loses an estimated $195 billion worth of natural capital annually as a result of activities such as illegal mining, logging and fishing, accordingContinue Reading
Issyk Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan. Central Asia has been inundated with econolical disasters which are being exacerbated y the climate crisis. Photo via (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) The states of Central Asia — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — are facing severe environmental challenges, which are being further exacerbated byContinue Reading
The world now has eight billion people, according to the United Nations. The milestone, reached late this year, comes at a time when climate change is increasingly disrupting life on Earth as we know it. Wildfires and droughts continue to rage in the American West. Floods are destroying towns. HeatwavesContinue Reading
This story is part of Choosing Earth, a series that chronicles the impact of climate change and explores what’s being done about the problem. Next door in the Australian pavilion, chipper baristas serve the best flat whites in town, while across the way at the Brazil booth, splashes of yellow,Continue Reading
CNN — The race for North Carolina’s open Senate seat features two leading candidates who have taken opposing paths in their bids for higher office. Democrat Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to be a major-party Senate nominee in North Carolina, has served for two decades as a judge andContinue Reading
