DECEMBER 2023/JANUARY 2024

CONTENTS

NEWS SECTION

US Climate Attitudes Shift Slightly

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Japanese Scientists Make Shocking Discovery

The Earth & I Editorial Team

COP 28’s UAE Consensus Draws Mixed Reviews

The Earth & I Editorial Team

DATA SECTION

NOAA Global Snow and Sea Ice Report Indicates Decadal Trends: Slightly More Snow Cover, Slightly Less Sea Ice

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Two Decades of UN Data: Increases in Food Production, Hunger, and Obesity

The Earth & I Editorial Team

UN 15-Country Report Finds Only 61% of Internally Displaced Persons Have Adequate Shelter

The Earth & I Editorial Team

The Hottest 12-month Period Above Baseline

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Gap Between the Present and 2030 Climate Goals Calls for Accelerated Change

The Earth & I Editorial Team

2023 Report Finds Stagnation in Corporate Directors’ Engagement with ESG

The Earth & I Editorial Team

ECOSYSTEMS

The Race to Grow New Biocrusts

Mark Smith

Innovations in Chemical Catalysis Will Revolutionize the Future

Prof. MacMillan

FOOD

Zuppa! Sopa! Soupe! 

Julie Peterson

Himalayan Sea Buckthorn Joins the Fight Against COVID-19 

Dr. Mahesh Kumar Gaur

HUMAN HEALTH

Whole Foods, Herbs and Healing

David Christopher

Microplastics in Babies—Scary Science Meets Eerie Silence 

Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

CLIMATE CHANGE

School ‘Bike Buses’ Travel New Roads

Gordon Cairns

Negative Emission Technologies Tackle U.S. Decarbonization

Dr. Eric Larson

NATURAL DISASTERS

Europe’s Abandoned Mountain Farms

Kate Pugnoli

ENERGY

A ‘Current’ Case for Nuclear Energy 

Christopher Olson

Reducing Friction in Machines Means Less Drag on the Environment 

Rick Laezman

WATER QUALITY

The Blissful Benefits of Hot Springs 

Rainer Fuchs

Danish NGO Launches Zero-Input ‘Ocean Regeneration’ Farms 

Yasmin Prabhudas

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Combustible Wood and Coal Leave Mountains of Troublesome Waste  

Robin Whitlock

ECONOMICS & POLICY

Feeding the World While Healing the Planet—the Genius of Permaculture 

Marion W. Miller

EDUCATION

Promoting Grassroots Eco-Awareness  

Robert R. Selle