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Overfishing is depleting the world’s marine wealth and could spill over into Arctic waters. Can the system that saved Iceland from a cod crisis benefit Arctic fisheries?
Newly passed bills in California are helping turn attention to green infrastructure projects that can help cities take advantage of stormwater to replenish groundwater, increase water supply and decrease water pollution.
Meet the people who stand apart when it comes to improving education, fighting climate change, boosting international collaboration and revitalizing Indigenous culture in the Arctic. They are the ones we’ll be watching in the years to come.
The future of coastal desalination in California could be determined by the decision on permits for a plant in Huntington Beach, where regulators and the plant’s company have locked horns on the issue of subsurface intake pipes.
A victory in Aleppo would put the Syrian regime in a potentially advantageous position to recapture the “essential Syria” – the western half of the country, writes journalist Nicholas Blanford.
Migrant advocates have urged an overhaul of U.S. policy on displaced Haitians amid a growing border crisis. Following Trump’s election, they are racing to persuade Obama to shift policies before leaving office, writes Sally Kantar in her second dispatch on the crisis.
Residents of Clyde River, Nunavut, hope to quash a government permit for underwater oil and gas exploration with claims that they weren’t fairly consulted on a plan to conduct seismic tests in the Canadian Arctic.
Since healthy mountain forests are key watersheds for California, Blue Forest Conservation is helping to improve forest health (and combat wildfires) with a new economic model that brings together unlikely partners.
The launch of a new generation of weather satellites is expected to bring dramatic improvements in imagery and, eventually, more accurate prediction of storms and natural disasters.
A new report released by the Arctic Council finds that the pace at which changes in the Arctic are occurring make adaptation more difficult. If policymakers don’t listen, it could lead to a dramatic loss of land and life.
As ties between Cairo and Damascus strengthen, Syrian journalist Abdulrahman al-Masri explores the factors behind possible military cooperation between Egypt and Syria and the consequences this would have both locally and regionally.
For much of the past two weeks, large areas of the Arctic have experienced unusually high temperatures. The weather follows record-low ice extent in October and November. Is this unusual, and how will it impact Arctic sea ice extent?
Amid the anti-migration rhetoric of the incoming Trump administration, Preethi Nallu meets resettled families in the midwestern city of St. Louis, whose communities have helped resuscitate areas of their new hometown.
Refugees sent to Romania under an E.U. relocation scheme are considering leaving due to a lack of jobs and poor language classes. Their situation demonstrates that European relocation efforts must be backed by resources in order for integration to be successful.
Even if California has a productive rainy season, parts of the state will still remain in drought. Here’s a look at the current water picture and how that could change in coming months.
A letter signed November 12 by nearly three dozen scientists petitions President Obama to permanently protect the U.S. Arctic from offshore drilling and exploration.
While the rate of births by cesarean section in Lebanon remains considerably above internationally recommended levels, the incidence of the procedure among Syrian refugee women comes with additional risks and hardship, writes Federica Marsi, of Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper.
Aid agencies had planned for a massive exodus of residents from Mosul, but many residents decided to remain in their homes. Agencies now face a major challenge delivering aid to civilians inside a city in the midst of war.
While the rate of births by cesarean section in Lebanon remains considerably above internationally recommended levels, the incidence of the procedure among Syrian refugee women comes with additional risks and hardship, writes Federica Marsi, of Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper.
Two Syrian brothers who are both journalists describe the harrowing decisions that led one to flee their hometown of Aleppo for Turkey, and the other to keep working from inside the besieged city.
Two Syrian brothers who are both journalists describe the harrowing decisions that led one to flee their hometown of Aleppo for Turkey, and the other to keep working from inside the besieged city.
While a compromise has been reached with Jordan that allows access to 85,000 Syrians in the lawless border area between the two countries, lack of control over supplies and security has deterred some agencies from taking part.
Despite recent efforts by the International Civil Aviation Organization to curb greenhouse gases from air travel, the High North will likely continue to see increasing emissions.
A newly published study examined more than 400 years’ worth of information on wildfire behavior in the Sierra Nevada and compared it with temperature and moisture data. But it turned out that climate was not the biggest influencer of fire behavior.
Better understanding the unique economic position held by displaced peoples could transform policy concerning them, write authors Alexander Betts, Louise Bloom, Josiah Kaplan and Naohiko Omata in an extract from the pioneering study “Refugee Economies.”
Far-flung northern communities face special challenges when it comes to disposing of household waste – and innovative, cost-effective approaches are needed quickly.
The new U.S. president wants his Syrian counterpart to stay. Journalist Annia Ciezadlo explains what that’s going to mean for the nearly half of Syrian civilians who are stranded by war.
After a California agency proposes a plan to allocate blocks of water for environmental uses in the lower San Joaquin River and its tributaries, researchers write about what works and what could make the plan better.
A Scottish local council rejected U.K. government plans to build an immigrant detention facility at Glasgow airport, giving some hope to anti-detention campaigners. Liam O’Hare reports on the implications for U.K. immigration policy in the wake of the Brexit vote.
A new marine protected area in the Canadian Arctic protects species and habitats, prevents oil and gas development and safeguards economic activities for Inuvialuit.
There are few clues about President-elect Donald Trump’s views on the Arctic, yet he will have a strong influence on the future relationship between the U.S. and Greenland.
With 50 percent of refugee children unable to attend school, we look at some of the leading thinkers on refugee education in the third installment of our “Experts to Watch” series.
Treated sewage has been discharged for decades into Western rivers. It turns out this provides vital aquatic habitat in stressed rivers, as revealed by concern over a major Sacramento water recycling proposal.
With geothermal energy in Iceland, hydropower in Norway and wind energy in the Faroe Islands, Europe is well on its way to decarbonizing its energy systems.
In the second installment of “Pixels of War,” our diary series on Syrian photographers, Yehya Alrejjo recounts how the Syrian uprising and war transformed him from a student of chemistry to a photographer with the opposition in the besieged and fiercely contested city of Aleppo.
Groundwater in 27 large California basins is overseen by court agreements, which makes them exempt from the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
A new report from the nonprofit CDP studying water management at over 1,000 global companies reveals a strong relationship between freshwater access and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Single men are not often the priority for refugee assistance programs, but they are vulnerable in their own ways. Federica Marsi reports on the difficulties that lone Syrian men in Lebanon face accessing aid and protecting themselves from exploitation.
Single men are not often the priority for refugee assistance programs, but they are vulnerable in their own ways. Federica Marsi reports on the difficulties that lone Syrian men in Lebanon face accessing aid and protecting themselves from exploitation.
When Sarah and Jane fled South Sudan, they joined the thousands of unaccompanied minors living in Uganda’s refugee camps. Organizations help kids like them feel safe by providing money, therapy and even foster families, but their loss is harder to escape.
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