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