DECEMBER 2021 / JANUARY 2022
CONTENTS
NEWS SECTION
It’s Official: Arctic Heat Record of 100°F Broken Last Year
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Coastal Species Thrive on Pacific Garbage Patch
The Earth & I Editorial Team
“Let’s Restore Our Relationship with Nature” Urges UN Awarded Veterinarian
The Earth & I Editorial Team
DATA SECTION
COP26 Financing Pledges Made as World Watches
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Burning Coal Releases the Most CO2 per Unit of Energy of All Fossil Fuels
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Pathogen Pollution Plagues About 1/3 of Rivers in Latin America, Africa, and Asia
The Earth & I Editorial Team
The Right to a Healthy Environment Helps to Secure Other Rights
The Earth & I Editorial Team
There Are 400 Million Tons of Krill in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean
The Earth & I Editorial Team
UNICEF: Drones Offer Humanitarian Assistance
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Nuclear Power Already Generates 10%
Alina Bradford
CLIMATE CHANGE
Broken Financial Promises Threaten Developing Nations’ Climate Efforts
Chelsea Noack
COP26: Key Outcomes from the UN Climate Talks
Jaqueline Sordi
NATURAL DISASTERS
Drones Are Ready to Take on Bigger Roles in Natural Disasters
Jean Thilmany
ENERGY
Global Leaders Pledge to Stop Burning Coal
Rick Laezman
UK and France Promise Nuclear Energy Resurgence
Nnamdi Anyadike
WATER QUALITY
Worsening Global Water Security Calls for Solutions from Humans and Nature
Tasfia Tasnim and Sakib Rahman Siddique Shuvo
Smaller Urban Rivers Dump Millions of Tons of Plastic into the Oceans
Cassie Journigan
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Forever Chemicals Build Up in People and the Environment
Mark Smith
ECONOMICS & POLICY
UN Human Rights Council Declares Right to Healthy Environment
Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe
EDUCATION
Kupu Raises Hawaii’s Future Environmental Leaders
Yasmin Prabhudas