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2021-04-15

  Exploring caves under Oregon glaciers

The largest glacial cave system in the contiguous United States is melting at an alarming rate. The complex system has been studied by cavers and glaciologists since the caves were first discovered in 2011 in mountains near Portland, Oregon. But scient...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-04-15

  Women protest Niger Delta oil pollution

In Nigeria’s oil producing Niger Delta, women are the breadwinners in many homes, doing traditional jobs like farming and fishing, while men often head to cities to work. After decades of oil pollution, women especially have suffered the consequences o...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-03-25

  Caribbean islands battle water shortages

In parts of the Caribbean, it is not unusual for faucets to run dry — the region is facing drought linked to climate change. During the COVID-19 pandemic, that means many people lack the water they need to wash their hands. Aging infrastructure that wa...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-03-25

  What's water worth?

In much of the world, clean water is taken for granted. But in parts of the Global South, drought and flooding connected to climate change are making water scarce. And that is hitting kids the hardest. DW reporter Jennifer Collins chats about a Global ...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-03-25

  Chilean citizens fight for water rights

Despite its location straddling the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, Chile is facing water scarcity, due in part to climate change-related drought. Water was privatized under the Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970s — limiting access for farming communities ...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-03-18

  Capturing carbon in Costa Rica

Forests capture and store about one of every four tons of carbon dioxide we spew out, slowing global warming. And though trees are increasingly likely to suffer from warmer temperatures and drought, there's hope: plants need carbon dioxide, and the eve...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-03-18

  Bringing back Brazil's rainforest

Over the past 40 years, around 1 million square kilometers of the rainforest have been destroyed across South America. Two famous Brazilians want to end deforestation and bring rainforests in their homeland back to life. Sebastiao Salgado, a well-known...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-03-18

  Fighting insect invaders in Rome

In Italy, trees are under attack from a tiny, round, reddish-brown invader. The pine tortoise scale latches on to its victim, excretes copious amounts of sugary liquid and waits for black sooty mold to take over. The nonnative pest from the Americas fi...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-03-11

  Rethinking farming in India

The Latur region of the western state of Maharashtra in India is notorious for water scarcity, and farmers there have faced drought for some time. But over recent years, they have been shifting cultivation methods to conserve water, turning toward natu...
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author
2021-03-11

  Beans — staple food of the future?

It's about the most underrated superfood out there: the humble legume. Loaded with nutrition, legumes — or beans — are barely eaten in some parts of the world, although some experts see legumes as the best option for sustainably ensuring food security....
  DW.COM | Deutsche Welle author