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