
Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe
- Apr 22
- 5 min
Can Healthy Soil Mitigate Natural Disasters?
The solution to some of the world’s most prevalent and catastrophic problems, such as natural disasters, may be closer than we think.

Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe
- Feb 23
- 7 min
Cal-Earth Makes Disaster-Resistant Superadobe Construction a Reality
Building safe and sustainable housing is a challenge, especially in disaster-prone regions, and ensuring that it is affordable and accessibl

Jean Thilmany
- Dec 23, 2021
- 6 min
Drones Are Ready to Take on Bigger Roles in Natural Disasters
If you think of a drone as a toy or as a potential pizza-delivery method of the future, you’re not alone.
Today, these small, unmanned...

Radwan Al-Weshah
- Oct 22, 2021
- 5 min
Damming Floods and Mitigating Droughts: Seeking Sustainable Solutions for Sinai
As the twin disasters of flash flooding and persistent drought plague arid regions across the globe, The Earth & I reached out to...

The Earth & I Editorial Team
- Aug 19, 2021
- 5 min
Targeted Cattle Grazing Earns its Role in Wildfire Containment
Having just passed through Earth’s hottest July on record and with summer skies thick with smoke from massive forest fires...