Seagrass Gardening
From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide. Chris Patrick is optimistic about seagrass…
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Grasping at Straws
When quenching your thirst, do you grab a straw? If so, are you aware of the many damaging repercussions for the environment? Natural resources are…
Anthrax in Zimbabwe: Caused by Oppression, Worsened by Climate Change
A herd of emaciated cows crowd for water at a small dam in the Zimunya area about 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of Zimbabwe’s eastern…
A huge park outside of Mexico City serves as a climate-adaptation model
Editor’s note: Paul Biasco first wrote about the Lake Texcoco Ecological Park for Ensia in early 2020. Here, the author revisits the park as it’s…
CO2 Misleading Narratives
Confronting climate change is imperative; doing it rationally and honestly is a duty. However, the discrepancies and half-truths that permeate the global discourse on energy…