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Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math Source: Union of Concerned Scientists When I was living in Cleveland in 1969, the shores of...
Opinion: The Anthropocene as a Nuclear Age
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Humanity’s relationship to time is notoriously myopic. We tend to perceive things as permanent and...
Saving Kangchenjunga
Source: Nepali Times The biodiversity treasures of eastern Nepal are at risk from new roads, outmigration and climate change The...
Climate change and coastal areas
Source: Tyndall Centre Urgent action needed to address climate change threats to coastal areas Global coastal adaptations are...
Fire of Love
The lessons that the incredible life of the Krafft teach us all A volcanic love story, amidst eruptions and lava has generated kms of...
Nepal’s citizen scientists track climate change
Source: Nepali Times The village of Phorste below Mt Everest has the highest number of high altitude guides who have died climbing in the...
The Malayan rainforest and its rare flower
Source: Nepali Times The Rafflesia is the largest flower in the world, growing in the jungles where Gurkhas fought a guerrilla war The...
Water Management in the States
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists We Reviewed More Than 150 Papers on Water Management. Here’s What We Learned. In my previous life...
In high places
Source: Nepali Times Comparing the impact of climate breakdown in the Alps and the Himalaya An exhibit at the Swiss Alpine Museum last...
Climate Debate: Building Climate Leadership
By Md Masud Parvez* The Climate Debate 2023 is a debate tournament revolving around the fundamental aspects of climate justice that has...
Fin: Eli Roth’s scariest movie to date is a documentary
by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Eli Roth is an American actor and director whose name is normally associated with (very) gruesome...
Film Review: Ice and the Sky
What Claude Lorius’ Incredible Life Can Teach Us All by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Selected to close the 2015 edition of the Cannes...
From the North Pole to the Third Pole
Source: Nepali Times Himalayan nations can get tips on how Arctic Circle countries cooperated in coping with the climate crisis As global...
The Infuriating Link Between Wildfires and Fossil Fuel Companies
Source: Union of Concerned Scientists New science from the Union of Concerned Scientists directly links coal, oil, and gas companies with...
Reframing disaster and recovery stories in India
Source: Tyndall Centre There is a need to shift portrayals of disaster and recovery to ensure the needs of the most affected are met and...
Guilherme Canela De Souza Godoi: Saving Democracy and Saving the Planet
The "Democracy, Sustainability and Corporations" conference was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on February 21st as part of the...
Carbon Dioxide Levels See Largest Surge on Record
By: Mina Zahine This year, the increase in carbon dioxide levels is one of the largest surges on record. According to scientists from the...
Bangladesh: Youth-Led Community-Based Climate Action Projects
By: Md. Masud Parvez Ove* As technology advances, society is entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. With...
Norway supports Himalayan climate research
Source: Nepali Times Norway, Nepal and ICIMOD are extending their partnership to protect the Water Tower of Asia This year marks the 50th...
Global Study Finds Planners Using a Wide Variety of Sea-Level Rise Projections
Source: Tyndall Centre The first global survey to assess land use planners’ and coastal managers’ use of sea-level rise (SLR) projections...
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