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Dead tree in Tsauchab River, Sossusvlei. Photo credit: Dave Curtis

Articles, Nature & Environment July 1, 2021

Poor unfortunate soils

We know everything about CO2. We know so much it looks almost tangible. Carbon dioxide is so often paired with global warming and climate change…

Articles, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels January 15, 2020

UN report: Pollution from planned fossil fuel production would overshoot Paris climate goals

In the 2015 international Paris Climate Agreement, nearly every country [see editor’s note] agreed to try and limit global warming to no more than 2…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.