Iraq is environmentally devastated. Due to years of punishing sanctions by the U.S. following the Iran-Iraq war in the 1990s and the 40 years since then of conflicts, most notably the 2003 U.S. invasion and war, the country’s people face the devastation of their...
A new United Nations climate assessment report builds on previous reports to paint a picture of oceans continuing to heat up along with our global atmosphere. This is the latest in a series of reports that show a more rapid rate of increase in global ocean surface...
Temperatures hit all-time recorded highs in early May in Vietnam and Laos. Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, also reached a record high. Much of these three countries and the rest of Southeast Asia have also been blanketed with heavy smog. The combination of extreme...
For over two weeks now, University of California (UC) Berkeley students, faculty, and community members have occupied the George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library. The UC Berkeley administration has been trying for months to close three campus libraries: the...
On April 20, 2023, debris and ash rained down on the coastal communities and protected rare wildlife habitats outside of Brownsville, TX, following SpaceX’s most recent rocket launch test. The rocket, known as Starship, was not expected to make it far: SpaceX CEO Elon...
