climate// Hidden Stories SeriesA Spotlight on Vandana Shiva: The untold story of a lifelong eco-warriorAugust 22, 2022Indian intellect, physicist and social activist.Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as “Gandhi of grain” for her activism associated with …
climate// Hidden Stories SeriesHow the weather changes our landscapesAugust 17, 2022Last week and over the weekend, the UK experienced its second heat wave of the year.This is an occurrence that is becoming all the more frequent in a country ill-prepared for temperatures that stray outside low single digit to high twenties (that’s Celsius, for our imperial metric friends). But this …
climate// Hidden Stories SeriesThe plight of the mangrovesAugust 15, 2022On an expedition in the Amazon River Delta, researchers found mangroves growing in water with little to no salinity and overlapping with freshwater forested wetlands—a phenomenon never before documented in deltas or coastal mangroves anywhere else in the world.On an expedition in the Amazon River Delta, researchers found mangroves growing in water …
climate// Hidden Stories SeriesThe murky world of green gasJuly 18, 2022The European Union has an ambitious climate law to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030.That’s a huge cut, and it raises a crucial question: How much, and for how long, will the 27-country bloc will rely on gas to achieve that goal, and how quickly it …