AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021
CONTENTS
NEWS SECTION
Extreme Heat Causes Hottest July on Record
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Sobering New WMO Report: The 50-Year Toll of Global Water Disasters
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Vietnamese Community Takes Plastic Matters into Its Own Hands
The Earth & I Editorial Team
DATA SECTION
Latest Information on Renewable Energy in Europe
The Earth & I Editorial Team
How Far Can Reforestation Go?
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Wild American Ginseng Facts
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Heat Waves Bring Troubling Summer Data
The Earth & I Editorial Team
The Big Picture on Solar Panel Waste
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Global Green Jobs for Youth Outlook
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Surprising Soil Statistics
The Earth & I Editorial Team
How Widespread is Water Insecurity for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America?
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Health Impacts from Particle Pollution
The Earth & I Editorial Team
ECOSYSTEMS
Tree Communities Harness the Power of Interdependence
Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe
Full Reforestation After War: How South Korea Did It
Jong-Choon Woo
FOOD
The Super G’s: Garlic, Ginseng, Ginger
Robin Whitlock
Healthy Food (and a Healthy Planet) Relies on Healthy Soil
Rattan Lal
HUMAN HEALTH
Can Death Be Cheated by Merging Humanity with Machines?
Serge Kernbach
Air Pollution Particles: More Deadly the Smaller They Get
Ki-Hyun Kim
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change Threatens New Communities with Extreme Heat
Chelsea Noack
New Global Climate Deal: 3 Key Topics Climate Negotiators Must Resolve by COP26
Jaqueline Sordi
NATURAL DISASTERS
Targeted Cattle Grazing Earns its Role in Wildfire Containment
The Earth & I Editorial Team
ENERGY
Green Hydrogen Promises to Slash Industrial Emissions
Nicholas Newman
Sumba Island’s Challenge to Merge Clean Energy with Development
Arpan Rachman
WATER QUALITY
Canada’s First Nations Finally Secure Clean Water
Becky Hoag
What Science Says about the Most Popular Drinking Waters
Stuart Nathan
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Germany Faces a Tidal Wave of Solar Energy Waste
Nnamdi Anyadike
ECONOMICS & POLICY
Are People Ready to Change Their Lifestyles to Save the Planet?
Dhanada K. Mishra