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A collection of articles about the Water crises
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
a collection of articles about Air pollution
A collection of articles about How cities are preparing for sea level rise and global warming
a collection about Oceans and Coral Reefs
Rivers, Clean Water and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the fishing, the oceans, and the environment
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans, Temperature, Sea level rise and global warming
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the oceans, environment
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
a collection of articles and videos about Solar Energy
Water Crises, Rivers, Droughts, and Wildfires
Patagonia - clothing, sportswear company
a collection of articles about flooding, and cities around the world prepare and deal with natural disasters.
a collection of articles about flooding, and cities around the world prepare and deal with natural disasters.
a collection about Hurricanes and other Natural Disasters
a collection of articles and videos about Japan: Tsunami and Flooding
Brazil - Amazonas, Manaus and economic development issues
Amazon forest in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador
India - green energy, global warming
A collection of articles about India
a collection of articles and videos about Getting outdoors - Hiking, Camping
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
Hiking, Camping - Instagram, Social Media, Technology and Apps
Hiking, Camping - Technology and Apps
Walking, Hiking - in Spain and France
a collection of articles about Antarctica
Africa - Sahara desert

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Article

Drowning in garbage - Washington Post

Landfill photos from six cities that highlight the global waste problem - The world produces more than 3.5 million tons of garbage a day — and that... (2017)


Article

The German Amateurs Who Discovered ‘Insect Armageddon’ - The New York Times

Keeping meticulous records over decades, the Krefeld Entomological Society documented a 75 percent decline in bug populations that shocked the world. (2017)


Article

Netherlands fishmongers accuse herring-tasters of erring - Smell them and weep

HERRING (genus Clupea, with four species found in the Baltic and North Seas) have been vital to northern Europe’s economy since the Middle Ages, wh... (2017)


Article

Explaining the lack of rain in Spain (and Italy) - Mediterranean drought

THE Gonella Hut, more than 3,000 metres up on the Italian side of Monte Bianco, should be bustling with climbers in August. Instead, it is empty. D... (2017)


Article

Why wolves are back in France - The Economist explains

RESIDENTS of Lozère, a hilly department in southern France, recite complaints familiar to many rural corners of Europe. In remote hamlets and villa... (2017)


Article

France to pave 1,000km of road with solar panels

GCR - Trends - The minister told a conference of transport authorities last week that the tenders for the “Positive Energy” initiative had already... (2017)


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Sweden Wants To Fight Our Disposable Culture With Tax Breaks For Repairing Old Stuff

A proposed new law takes aim at wasteful consumerism. (2016)


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The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else

Bloomberg, 2017: "West Houston’s Energy Corridor was hit with a wall of water to avoid a catastrophic reservoir failure. The Army Corps of Engi... (2017)


Article

Drones v sharks

The Economist explains: "Australia’s selachian battlefield goes digital. AUSTRALIA’S waters are some of the most dangerous in the world. Ignoring... (2017)


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US government approves 'killer' mosquitoes to fight disease

Nature Magazine, 2017: "US Environmental Protection Agency will allow release of insects in 20 states and Washington DC. The US Environmental P... (2017)


Article

Of Shrimp and Petroleum

A weekend at Louisiana's oldest harvest festival. On the radio, reporters are discussing the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston. ... (2017)


Article

Atlantic salmon swim far and wide after fish farm collapse

Atlantic salmon have spread far and wide in Pacific Northwest waters since 160,000 of them escaped from a collapsed fish farm near Anacortes in Aug... (2017)


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Insects Are In Serious Trouble

The Atlantic, 2017: "In western Germany, populations of flying insects have fallen by around 80 percent in the last three decades... By analyzing ... (2017)


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The hurricane sent foul water from the sewers into Biscayne Bay. What happens now?

After millions of gallons of polluted stormwater flowed into Biscayne Bay during and after Hurricane Irma, the amount of algae is climbing, oxygen ... (2017)


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Global pollution kills 9m a year and threatens 'survival of human societies'

The Guardian, 2017: "Landmark study finds toxic air, water, soils and workplaces kill at least 9m people and cost trillions of dollars every year..... (2017)


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China Bans Foreign Waste--but What Will Happen to the World's Recycling?

Scientific American, 2017: "The impact of this will be far-reaching because China is the dominant market for recycled plastic. The following essa... (2017)


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More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

Global declines in insects have sparked wide interest among scientists, politicians, and the general public. Loss of insect diversity and abundance... (2017)


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Anthony Bourdain Talks Tough About Food Waste

New York Times, Film Review, 2017: "The TV traveler and the chef Danny Bowien spoke about their new anti-waste film Thursday for Times Talks. “Go ... (2017)


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In Mysterious Pattern, Math and Nature Converge

Quanta Magazine In Mysterious Pattern, Math and Nature Converge | Quanta Magazine All complex correlated systems, from Arctic melt ponds to the Int... (2017)


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Can ice structures solve a Himalayan water crisis?

BBC, 2017: "Meet the engineers who create ice structures in India's far north, to try to solve persistent water shortages. (2017)


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Shocking gaps in basic knowledge of deep sea life

Human interference in the deep sea could already be outpacing our basic understanding of how it functions. (2017)


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Global warming. The state of the climate in 2016

The Economist: 2016 is virtually certain to be the hottest year on record. (2017)


Article

5 things to know about the (massive) iceberg

SCIENCE: 5 things to know about the iceberg, Scott Waldman, E&E News reporter Climatewire: Thursday, July 13, 2017. It's finally adrift. When the ... (2017)


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Kind Designs raises $5M to scale its 3D-printed Living Seawalls - Refresh Miami

In a quiet corner of Miami, robots have been humming away, printing pieces of what could be the future of coastal infrastructure. And what they’re ... (2025)


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Energy: A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery

But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected | United States (2024)


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Special Report: Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention

It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored | Special report (2023)


Article

Over tourism: The Dark Hedges are dying

“Game of Thrones” made them famous, to their cost | Britain (2023)


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To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it

The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)


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Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag

You have to use a cotton tote thousands of times to make up for its environmental impact. If you’re trying to contribute as little as possible t... (2019)


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De-growth: Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy

De-growers of the world, unite! | Europe Stop the economy, lefty Europeans want to get off. “Panels of citizens can advise what is wasteful ... (2023)


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Go Outside - Repellent Radio

Using radio music to repel mosquitoes This is "Go Outside - Repellent Radio" by bruno bomediano garcia on Vimeo "Go Outside's Repellent Radio... (2017)


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What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?

The number of people with Parkinson's Disease has doubled in just 25 years, but its rise has been much worse in some places than in others. (2025)


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Massive project works to restore Florida's Everglades

What's been called the largest restoration project in human history is underway in Florida's Everglades. Billions of dollars are being spent to res... (2024)


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Manatees finally return to these restored Florida rivers | WILD HOPE

Crystal River has long been a safe haven for the Florida manatee, but when an invasive algae wiped out the eelgrass that manatees need for food, th... (2024)


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The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River

The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)


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Manaus: Why Brazil Built a City in the Middle of the Amazon

The Brazilian city of Manaus sits alone in the middle of the Amazon, and yet it still grew to become the seventh largest city in the country. So wh... (2023)


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How the U.S. Government Broke the Everglades | Everglades National Park

After a devastating hurricane and chronic flooding issues, the US Government, along with the State of Florida, embarked on a project which would ch... (2023)


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Hurricanes: the science behind the destruction

Hurricanes are among the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth, causing billions of dollars of damage and destroying lives every year. But what... (2023)


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The big problem with cement, and how to fix it. Concrete and carbon emissions

Concrete emits a ton of carbon. Here's how we get it to net-zero. (2023)


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How we get tree planting wrong | It's Complicated

In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over th... (2023)


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India is cleaning up Ganges river. Here’s how:

We are experiencing a dangerous decline in nature: One million species are threatened with extinction, soils are turning infertile and water source... (2023)


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Ethiopia, Egypt and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War (2023)


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The $7BN Megaproject to Save Venice

The $7BN Megaproject to Save Venice Planning to build a flood defence system for your city? You'd better watch this. (2023)


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I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works.

Global warming: I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works. (2023)


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Why rivers shouldn't look like this | It's Complicated

The quintessential image of a river you might recognise from post cards and paintings – nice and straight with a tidy riverbank – is not actually h... (2023)


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The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


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13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (2022)


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Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming

Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming (2021)


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How trees talk to each other | TED - Suzanne Simard

TED 16.8M subscribers "A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests h... (2020)


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The secret language of trees - TED-Ed Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

TED-Ed 11.3M subscribers Learn how trees are able to communicate with each other through a vast root system and symbiotic fungi, called mycorr... (2020)


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Make the World Greta Again (Full Documentary)

Upon realizing her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped... (2019)


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Trawen: Travel, Transformation, and Protecting Patagonia - Matador Network

Through interviews with former Patagonia, Inc. CEO Kris Tompkins and the late Doug Tompkins, founder of The North Face, we learn the personal trans... (2019)


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Sargassum explained by George Buckley, Harvard University Extinction School

Here are the causes of Sargassum bloom and what we need to do. What we are looki... Lockerbie College Published on Mar 24, 2019 Bonaire Vision... (2019)


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PBS - Episode 902: Toxic Algae: Complex Sources and Solutions

For the past two decades, the residents of Martin county and the surrounding areas have been faced with a silent curse. A guacamole thick mat of bl... (2019)


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The true cost of fast fashion | The Economist

Millions of tonnes of clothes end up in landfill every year—it’s one of the fastest-growing categories of waste in the world. How can the fashion i... (2019)


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CNN Explains: Deforestation

CNN Special Correspondent Philippe Cousteau explains why deforestation occurs and its negative effect on the environment. (2019)


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Climate 101: Deforestation | National Geographic

Forests cover about 30% of the planet, but deforestation is clearing these essential habitats on a massive scale. What is deforestation? Find out t... (2019)


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Ocean: A 360-degree tour of the mysterious, magical corals of Palau | The Economist

Palau's vibrant corals are thriving, despite some of the warmest and most acidic waters in the world. In this virtual reality experience, Lukas Isa... (2018)


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Exploring and protecting the Antarctic | The Economist

The Antarctic is one of the least explored places on the planet. For the first time ever a marine biologist has ventured to unexplored parts of the... (2018)


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The problems with rebuilding beaches - Vox

Beach nourishment is the latest chapter in a never-ending tale of erosion. About 80 to 90 percent of sandy bea... (2018)


Podcast

Externalities - Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin | Spotify

Listen to this episode from Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin on Spotify. How big is your backyard?Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin... (2022)


Podcast

Making old buildings resilient to climate change requires new financial tools - Marketplace

It's one thing to install new energy systems. It's another to get the money to do it. Donnel Baird, BlocPower’s founder and CEO, said retrofitti... (2020)


Podcast

The Afterlife Of American Clothes : Planet Money

The U.S. exports a billion pounds of used clothes every year. Much of that winds up in used clothing markets in sub-Saharan Africa. (2020)


Podcast

For Many, Issue Of Logging In America's Largest National Forest Cuts Deep - NPR

The world's largest intact temperate rainforest is in a place you may not expect: southeast Alaska. The Trump administration wants to eliminate a l... (2019)


Podcast

Dematerialization and What It Means for the Economy — and Climate Change - Harvard Business Review (podcast)

Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less ... (2019)


Podcast

An Investment Expert Says Florida Homeowners Should Sell Property Now As Climate Impacts Worsen | WLRN

An expert on the impact of climate change on financial markets has advice for anyone thinking of buying a home in Florida: don’t. Spencer Glendon o... (2019)


Podcast

National Sword - 99% Invisible

Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)


Podcast

Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World? Podcast Crazy/ Genius from The Atlantic on Spotify

Climate change could be the most important problem facing humanity. To address it, scientists are thinking seriously about an idea that might sound... (2018)


Podcast

NASA Scientist Says Wind, Flooding And Rainfall Increase The Intensity Of A Hurricane | WLRN

Thousands of scientists are working on research related to climate change and extreme weather. Dr. Tim Hall is one of them. Dr. Hall is a Senior Re... (2018)


Podcast

In Miami, Combating Climate Change Street by Street | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios

In light of sea-level-rise threats, local organizations have begun to shift their missions towards resources and solutions in greater Miami that co... (2018)


Podcast

Fordlandia (Brazil)- 99% Invisible

In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped... (2018)


Podcast

Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In The Warming Permafrost | NPR

Just what exactly is permafrost? And what is happening now that it's warming up? To find out, we enter the Arctic Circle's secret world of ice and ... (2018)


Book

This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas

This Land Is Our Land has 47 ratings and 11 reviews. Letitia said: A thoughtful and informative argument for the idea that Americans should have th... (2018)


Book

Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier | IndieBound.org

"A surreal, lyrical work of narrative nonfiction that portrays how the largest domestic oil discovery in half a century transformed a forgotten cor... (2018)


Website

Surfline - international surf reports

Surfline - international surf reports (2024)


Website

Frontier - An advance market commitment (AMC) to accelerate carbon removal

Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy an initial $925M of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030. It’s funded by Stripe, Alpha... (2022)


Website

Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor

Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)


Website

Changing Seas TV - PBS

Now in its 10th Season, Changing Seas is a public television series produced by WPBT2 South Florida PBS in Miami, Florida. Since 2009, the series h... (2019)


Website

Resource Library | National Geographic Education

a collection of educational resources, in a Resource Library - from the National Geographic Foundation (2019)


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