Almost 40% Of World’s Glaciers Already Doomed Due To Climate – Study
"Almost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found."
Source: Guardian, 05/30/2025
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Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon
"After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete."
Source: AP, 05/29/2025
Life on Mars and Other Space Oddities
When an ecologist and a cartoonist team up to explore the realities of colonizing Mars, the result is a humorous and highly informative book on whether humans are truly up to settling space. They detour into the intimacies of zero-gravity intimacy and the challenges of ensuring a food supply. From BookShelf contributing editor Melody Kemp, a review of “A City on Mars.”
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In West Bank, Hope for Future in Link Between Land and People
On a tour of the West Bank this spring, Yessenia Funes found a region where the relationship between land and people serves as a counterweight to occupation and the threat of violence. For her Voices of Environmental Justice column, Funes exhorts fellow environment journalists to report on that struggle, through stories that touch on wildlife, wildfire, food, climate and more.
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"Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged"
"The planet lost a record amount of forests last year, driven by fires that raged around the world, data shows."
Source: NYTimes, 05/23/2025
Nations Still Emit Banned Climate Pollutant HFC-23 at High Levels. Now What?
"HFC-23 emissions from chemical plants in eastern China and elsewhere likely violate an international climate agreement despite readily available pollution controls. Advocates are pressing for action."
Source: ICN/Foreign Policy, 05/23/2025
Chemical Exposure From Ultra-Processed Foods May Worsen Health Issues
"Toxic synthetic chemicals that migrate into ultra-processed foods from packaging, processing equipment and other sources may explain why these foods are so bad for our health, according to a new review article."
Source: The New Lede, 05/22/2025
"Sea Level Rise Will Cause ‘Catastrophic Inland Migration’, Scientists Warn"
"Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds"
Source: Guardian, 05/22/2025
"China To Donate $500 Million To WHO, Stepping Into Gap Left By U.S."
"China has pledged to give $500 million to the World Health Organization as the country is set to replace the United States as the group’s top state donor, expanding Beijing’s global influence in the wake of Washington’s retreat from international cooperation."
Source: Washington Post, 05/22/2025
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