This week… mudslides in California after the wildfires, the dismantling of USAID leaves developing countries uncertain about their environmental futures and chocolate prices spike as cacao production suffers.
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This week… Northwestern’s Block Museum introduces an exhibit of local Indigenous art, Chile’s uniquely dark skies are in trouble and a new AI chatbot claims to be more environmentally friendly.
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This week… Lee Zeldin confirmed as EPA administrator amidst funding chaos, Florida slammed with a surprise snowstorm and urban rats benefiting from climate change.
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This week… egg prices soar in the U.S., icebergs are on the move and Trump pulls the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement.
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This week… wildfires rage across Los Angeles, oil and gas corporations continue to amass wealth and native residents of the Wind River Indian Reservation protest against land theft.
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This week… 31,000 acres of public land returned to the Penobscot Nation in Maine, an inadequate climate financing deal at COP29, and protests across Aotearoa (New Zealand) to protect Indigenous land rights.
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This week… the COP29 climate summit kicks off in Azerbaijan, wildfires ravage New York and New Jersey and rising sea temperatures devastate the mussel industry in Greece.
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This week… the COP29 climate summit kicks off in Azerbaijan, wildfires ravage New York and New Jersey and rising sea temperatures devastate the mussel industry in Greece.
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This week… unusually warm weather in the Chicago area, the carbon footprint of Taylor Swift’s two-year Eras Tour and deadly flooding in Valencia, Spain.
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This week… the UN publishes its annual Emissions Gap Report, Pacific Island nations at risk of sinking under the waves and a controversial mega-development on a historic floodplain in South Carolina.
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This week… the UN talks biodiversity in Colombia, a Spanish team develops better solar cells and Australian beaches covered in mysterious tar blobs.
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This week… Hurricane Milton batters Florida, fossil fuel advertising in sports and heat waves caused by… corn?
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Welcome back to This Week On Earth for the 2024-2025 academic year! This week... devastating floods in Nepal caused by global warming, deforestation law delayed in the Europe and nuclear waste piling up in the U.S.
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This week... cicadas arrive on campus in force, NOAA calls for a record-breaking hurricane season and Caribbean coral reefs reel from the effects of unusually warm water temperatures.
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This week on earth… DeSantis makes headlines, Maui community members are still feeling the effects of the August wildfires and news deserts are drier than ever.
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This week on earth… sustainable ways to dress for Dillo Day, a top-level climate talk between the U.S. and China and a protest against expanding a Tesla factory in Germany.
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THIS WEEK... learn about coal ash pollution up north in Waukegan, the record-breaking heatwave in Southeast Asia and new research from the University of Sydney that could make it possible to power airplanes with… you guessed it… trash.
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This week on earth we had a Gaza solidarity encampment at Northwestern, racist warehouse pollution in Illinois and global Indigenous leaders who critiqued green energy transitions.
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This week, we saw some wins for conservation in the US, setbacks for renewable energy in the UK, and increased droughts brought on from climate change in Canada. Happy reading, and happy Earth Day from ION!
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Author Nicholas Rose covers the new energy developments in the United States, the ongoing water issues in Colombia and dives into some exciting innovations within the ski industry.
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