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Why Mexico City is Sinking: The Environmental History of a Modern Water Crisis

Mexico City faces sinking and water crises due to drained lakes and urban growth. Explore the environmental challenges and solutions shaping its future

The Common Table in a Burning World: Why the United Nations Must Be Revived, Not Abandoned

The chamber still looks improbably calm. Green marble. Translation headsets. Country names set out in alphabetical order, as though the world’s grief can be...

Los Angeles: Reinventing the Concrete River

Explore Los Angeles' ambitious efforts to transform its concrete flood-control river back into a living ecological corridor amidst urban and climate challenges.

Shanghai, China: Sponge City on the Delta

GREEN CITIES SERIES  |  ARTICLE 12 Shanghai is sinking. The city centre has subsided more than three metres since the late nineteenth century, while the...

Greenpeace: Microplastics in Geneva Air

Press Release 11th August, 2025 - Geneva, Switzerland — A new Greenpeace International investigation confirms that airborne microplastics are present in the urban air...

The Ocean Floor Under Siege: An Investigation into the Global Deep Sea Trawling Industry

I recall watching Attenborough's 'The World About Us' series on a black and white TV as a child back in the late 1960's, he...

Poaching of African rhinos down but other threats drive lose

Press Release Gland, Switzerland, 7 August 2025 (IUCN) – Poaching of African rhinos has decreased since 2021, but the gains have been offset by other...

Vandana Shiva’s Challenge to the Monoculture of the Mind

Introduction: The "Gandhi of Grain" in a Contested Field Listen to a summation of this article with our Deep Dive crew. "Vandana Shiva: Deconstructing the...

2.5 Million Trees Planted in Minnesota by The Nature Conservancy

TNC has planted more than 13 million trees in Minnesota since 2005 to benefit people and nature. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced it planted...

John Muir: The Making of an American Conservation Prophet

John Muir (1838-1914) stands as a monumental figure in the American consciousness, a presence as towering and enduring as the granite cliffs of Yosemite...

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