OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2023

CONTENTS

NEWS SECTION

Searching for Ways to Save Giant Sequoias from Wildfires    

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Japan Releases Treated Fukushima Daichi Wastewater into Pacific Ocean  

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Scientists: Microbial Biodiversity Ten Times Higher Than Previous Estimates 

The Earth & I Editorial Team

DATA SECTION

Africa Food Report: Fertilizer Prices Up 78% Since 2021 

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Pew Research: Young Adults Most Enthusiastic About Renewable Energy 

The Earth & I Editorial Team

US Congressional Report Analyzes Two Decades of Wildfire Data 

The Earth & I Editorial Team

“Landscape Fire” Air Pollution Hits African Nations Hardest 

The Earth & I Editorial Team

FAO Food Price Index Reveals Declines in Food Prices 

The Earth & I Editorial Team

The Patient is Showing Improvement, But… 

The Earth & I Editorial Team

ECOSYSTEMS

Gifted with Unitive Awareness—Why Gen Z May Have the Mindset to Save the Planet 

Dr. Lisa Miller

How Catalysis is Poised to Rock Our World 

Prof. David MacMillan

FOOD

Power to the Pumpkin: Nourish Body and Soul with the ‘People's Squash’ 

Julie Peterson

How Safe Is Adding Nanoparticles to Foods and Packaging? 

Mark Smith

HUMAN HEALTH

The Healing Powers of Sunlight—Stronger Bones, Brighter Moods, Better Health 

Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

‘An Herbalist in Every Home’—Pioneering a Path for Better Health 

David Christopher

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate Ambition Summit 2023: SDG Programs are Lagging 

The Earth & I Editorial Team

Long-lasting Infrastructures Combat Climate Change 

Dhanada K Mishra

NATURAL DISASTERS

Lahaina's Coral Reef Restoration—Dealing with Unknowns 

Gordon Cairns

ENERGY

AI and Robotics Power the Renewable Energy Transition 

Rick Laezman

A ‘Green Grid’—Key for the World’s Energy Transition 

Angelica Sirotin

WATER QUALITY

Big Goals, Big Heart: “DigDeep” Wants Every American Home to Have Clean Water 

Yasmin Prabhudas

Exclusion Zone (EZ) Water: Potential for Filtration and Electric Power 

Gerald H. Pollack

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Trashed Seas—The Race to Prevent and Remove Marine Litter  

Cassie Journigan

ECONOMICS & POLICY

A Tale of Two Companies Embracing ESG Practices 

Marion W. Miller

EDUCATION

Why Baltimore Has One of the US’s Most Diverse Urban Tree Canopies  

Ted Martello