FEBRUARY/MARCH 2022
CONTENTS
NEWS SECTION
In Memoriam: Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier
The Earth & I Editorial Team
YouTubers Raise $30 Million for Ocean Cleaning Non-Profits
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Extracting Rare Earth Metals from Coal Waste
The Earth & I Editorial Team
DATA SECTION
Unequal Gender Practices Cost African Families 20% of Crop Production
The Earth & I Editorial Team
The People of Yemen Are in Desperate Need of Shelter
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Mussels on the Move: Colony Found in Antarctica
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Scientists Keeping a Close Eye on the Earth’s Coral Reefs
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Type 2 Diabetes Can be Prevented or Delayed
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Buildings Emit 38% of All Energy-Related CO2
The Earth & I Editorial Team
There’s So Much Light You Can’t See the Stars
The Earth & I Editorial Team
The Earth Has 86 Million Tons of Lithium Resources
The Earth & I Editorial Team
Beyond the Aquarium: Goldfish Thrive in the Wild
The Earth & I Editorial Team
ECOSYSTEMS
Putting Goldfish in the Driver’s Seat
Jean Thilmany
Light Pollution: Keeping Nature Up Past Its Bedtime
Julie Peterson
FOOD
Extreme Greenhouses: Growing Food in Crazy Places
Robin Whitlock
Food Preservation Just Became Greener
The Earth & I Editorial Team
HUMAN HEALTH
Horse Power: A Ride Through Equine-Assisted Therapy
Alina Bradford
Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Type 2 Diabetes and the Environment
Paramita Mandal, Sarmistha Adhikari and Rojina Yasmin
CLIMATE CHANGE
Winter Olympics: The Next Casualty of Climate Change?
Chelsea Noack
Top 5 Ways People Can Help Reduce Climate Change
Jaqueline Sordi
NATURAL DISASTERS
Cal-Earth Makes Disaster-Resistant Superadobe Construction a Reality
Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe
ENERGY
Europe’s Lithium Supply Woes
Nnamdi Anyadike
How Energy-Efficient Buildings Could Drastically Reduce the World’s Energy Consumption
Rick Laezman
WATER QUALITY
Mussel Power Cleans New Zealand’s Freshwater Lakes
Gordon Cairns
Hope for Corals Worldwide: Australian Researchers Restore Dying Reefs
Cassie Journigan
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Warriors Tackle India’s Growing Mountain of Trash
Yasmin Prabhudas
ECONOMICS & POLICY
We’re Not Polarized on the Environment—Elites and Activists Are
Mark Smith
EDUCATION
How a German School Educates for Sustainable Development
Deborah Talbot