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Creating Climate Solutions with Urban Communities – State of the Planet

As climate change accelerates, cities are on the front lines, both in experiencing its impacts and in crafting solutions. Sheila Foster works to ensure urban climate adaptation strategies are not only effective but equitable. Her research focuses on environmental and climate equity, with an emphasis on co-creating solutions with frontline communities. “Often the people who […]
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Five Ways To Make Your Life More Sustainable – State of the Planet

Photo: Lukasz Kobus/European Commission As exciting as it is when certain records are bested, others are better left alone.  Case in point: Last year was the warmest year on record. Global temperatures in 2024 were 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.28 degrees Celsius) above NASA’s 20th-century baseline (1951-1980), which tops the record set in 2023. The new […]
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Paved with good intentions?

Occupation The issue was further detailed in the article “BR-319: Narratives, Business and Power”, published by Revista Cenarium in February.  According to the article, NGO Instituto Internacional de Educação do Brasil (IEB) produced a document falsely claiming that the Indigenous community had been consulted and had agreed to the reconstruction of the highway, provided that an […]
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Melting Glaciers Reveal Clues to Climate Adaptation in Norway’s Mountains – State of the Planet

Glacial archaeologists have recently discovered the second prehistoric ski of a pair of skis at Digervarden, a mountain in central Norway. Found just five meters from where the first one was uncovered seven years earlier, the ski was radiocarbon-dated to 1,300 years ago. As global warming leads to more glacial retreat, many artifacts have surfaced […]
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The consequences of oppressing diversity

But when diversity is constrained, whether by a dam or by the eradication of a top preditor, ecosystems become fragile and unravel. When diversity is suppressed, surprises can become more catastrophic, and novel pathogens are more likely to emerge and spread.  The story is much the same in human contexts – diversity of cultures, languages, […]
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We Have the Power To Protect Our Planet – State of the Planet

Every year since 1970, April 22 has represented an international call for climate action and a reminder of the importance of protecting our planet. This year’s Earth Day, with the theme of Our Power, Our Planet, invites the world to join together in support of renewable energy, with the goal of tripling clean electricity generation […]
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U.N. Celebrates First World Glacier Day – State of the Planet

Melting glaciers can have profound effects on nations all over the world—from mountain communities to small island states. At the U.N. headquarters in New York on Friday, March 21, U.N. General Assembly President Philémon Yang closed the proceedings of the inaugural World Glacier Day with a stark warning: “We cannot afford to wait, we must […]
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Merbecovirus S2 Vaccines Trigger Cross-Reactive MERS Protection

In a groundbreaking study recently published in npj Viruses, a team of researchers led by Halfmann and colleagues has unveiled promising new insights into vaccine design against Merbecoviruses, a subgenus of coronaviruses that includes the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Their work focuses on the S2 subunit of the spike (S) glycoprotein, a component […]
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Merbecovirus S2 Vaccines Trigger Cross-Reactive MERS Protection

In a groundbreaking study recently published in npj Viruses, a team of researchers led by Halfmann and colleagues has unveiled promising new insights into vaccine design against Merbecoviruses, a subgenus of coronaviruses that includes the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Their work focuses on the S2 subunit of the spike (S) glycoprotein, a component […]
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Bridging Science, Policy and Strategy for Climate Action – State of the Planet

Tiffany Wu, a 2023 graduate of Columbia University’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, is a senior program associate at Winrock International, which provides solutions to complex social and agricultural challenges worldwide. Wu works on climate and sustainability projects spanning carbon markets, corporate greenhouse gas accounting and clean energy. Courtesy of Tiffany Wu Drawing […]
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