The Atlantic’s Biggest Marine Protected Area
Written by Juli Miller Ascension Island is set to be the Atlantic Ocean's largest marine protected preserve. On August 24, the island's council ruled the 169,885 square miles (440,000 square kilometers) surrounding the island will be under the highest form of marine protection, barring all extraction activities and commercial fishing…
Migration in the Age of Climate Change
By Madeleine Lemos As climate change begins to reshape landscapes and lifestyles, many communities are often left with a distinct scarcity of resources or inhabitable conditions. The people living in these communities, many of whom are displaced and forced to emigrate, make up the world's growing number of "climate migrants."…
Climate Change and Melting Glaciers
As temperatures rise around the planet, glaciers continue to melt at significant rates. A glacier found on Sweden’s Kebnekaise mountain is the latest to be impacted by climate change. Once hailed as the tallest mountain in Sweden, Kebnekaise mountain has now been demoted to second-tallest after its glacial peak melted…
The Ecological Cost of Bolivia’s Wildfires
Photo: AP While much of the world’s attention has focused on the recent wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, blazes have also destroyed wide swaths of land in the neighboring country of Bolivia. Particularly hard hit is the area of Chiquitanía, which has seen nearly 40,000 fires that have razed 3,700…
The World’s Most Sustainable Building
In order to combat the increasing threat of climate change, certain companies have now begun to operate in more sustainable ways. Rhenus Netherlands has joined this cause and now owns the world’s most sustainable building, NewLogic III, in the Dutch city of Tilburg. The building received a score of 98.4%,…
Restaurant Nolla’s Efforts To Eliminate Waste
In a small-scale attempt to achieve zero waste, three chefs in Helsinki, Finland founded “Restaurant Nolla” in 2018, becoming the first to operate without any single-use plastics, trash cans, or vacuum-sealed food items. Other restaurants around the world are also working based off of a similar zero-waste model, including “Silo”…
Botanical Gardens in Ethiopia
Written by Ligia Clara Ethiopians have recently established botanical gardens to promote sustainability and conservation practices throughout their country. Gullele Botanic Garden was founded in Addis Ababa, the nation’s capital, in 2005, but it was not officially inaugurated until January of 2019. The 1,740-acre park, which citizens have referred to…
Algal Blooms Threaten Waterways Worldwide
By Nigel Jaffe Picture this: On beaches from Norway to Cancún, fish wash up in the millions. Huge groups of birds and marine animals go the way of the fish, bringing the coastal seafood industry to a halt. Shellfish populations, riddled with deadly biotoxins, become dangerous for humans to eat.…
Don’t Let Your iPhone Become Toxic “E-Waste”
What happens to the electronics you throw out when they stop working or you’re ready for an upgrade? While some get recycled into new products, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 50 million metric tons of discarded electronics, known as “e-waste,” end up in landfills worldwide every year.…
Instituto Terra’s Atlantic Forest Restoration Efforts
Instituto Terra is a non-profit environmental NGO founded in April 1998 to promote the sustainable development of Southeast Brazil’s Doce River Valley. Once a former cattle ranch marked by deforestation, significant erosion, and iron ore exploitation, it now more closely resembles its natural subtropical rainforest state as the institute's nursery…