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