Blistering temperatures ranked as a Category 3—the most severe tier—in Seville, Spain’s new heat wave system. By Chelsea Harvey, E&E News on July 26, 2022Tourists cool off by a fountain at the Plaza de Espana (Spain square) during the second heatwave of the year, in Seville, Spain, July 2022. Credit: Jon Nazca/REUTERS/Alamy Stock PhotoThe world’s first named heat wave hit Seville, Spain, this week, pushing temperatures
In Kyrgyzstan, determined riders persevere through blizzards, lack of sleep, and disintegrating shoes.BY YAM G-JUN JULY 15, 2022Caught in a hail storm during the the Silk Road Mountain Race, Robert Sirre from the Netherlands cycles on. ALL PHOTOS: ©YAM G-JUNSleeping as little as possible was the French racer Sofiane Sehili’s strategy. In 2020, he won Morocco’s grueling Atlas Mountain Race by sleeping a total of two hours over
By Olivia Rosane, July 20, 2022, Edited by Irma Omerhodzic Enoura Observatory, JapanA library at the top of one of London’s oldest skyscrapers; the rainforest, mountains and coastline of Peru; a Canadian island in the Labrador Current. All of these are weather stations, but they won’t necessarily be reporting temperature changes or barometric pressure. Instead, they are among the 28 international locations from which
Expand the commons to include everything we need. BY VANDANA SHIVA, FEB 16, 2021The path to an ecological civilization is paved by reclaiming the commons—our common home, the Earth, and the commons of the Earth family, of which we are a part. Through reclaiming the commons, we can imagine possibility for our common future, and we can sow the seeds of abundance through “commoning.”In the commons, we care and share—for the Earth and
"It's madness," said Greenpeace Africa. "These plans must be scrapped immediately." By KENNY STANCIL, July 25, 2022This photograph taken on October 24, 2021 shows the mangrove forest at the mouth of the Congo River in the extreme southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images)The Democratic Republic of Congo is set to begin selling huge tracts of land to oil and gas giants later this week—a
