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India’s disappearing mountains
101 East investigates the impact of illegally mining India’s mountains as desperate residents take on powerful miners.In northern and western India lies an an
If we are to lower food prices and support farmers,…
Land restoration is the key to a well-functioning food system, healthier nature and stable climate.In recent years, people everywhere have endured soaring foo
‘A continuous curtain of fire’: Lava spurts from Iceland volcano
The fifth eruption since December is described by experts as the most powerful yet.Lava continues to spurt from a volcano in southwestern Iceland after it erupt
Photos: Submerged homes and heatwaves fuel Mexico climate angst
Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea; a symbol of the climate change effects being felt by the major fossil fu
Papuans head to Indonesian court to protect forests from palm…
Indigenous activists from the Indonesian province of West Papua have held traditional ceremonies outside the country’s Supreme Court in Jakarta calling for th
Photos: Up close and personal, cicadas display nature’s artwork
A once-in-221-year convergence of two broods of periodical cicadas are emerging at the same time in the United States. The big effect of the cicadas is the shee
Rescuers search rubble after over 300 buried in Papua New…
Landslide blocked highway access to affected communities making helicopters the easiest way to reach the disaster zone.Rescue teams have arrived at the site of
How do you find a bride? The new struggle in…
Yavatmal/Mumbai, India — On a warm Sunday afternoon in April, a group of farmers sits on a roadside bench at the intersection of the highway with their villa
Island states win historic climate case in world oceans court
World court rules countries must protect oceans by reducing fossil fuel emissions as island states fight for survival.Nine small island states have won a histor
This researcher found billions in ‘invisible’ gold in Jo’burg’s mine…
Johannesburg, South Africa – As a teenager living on the East Rand of Johannesburg, Steve Chingwaru thought the flat-topped mounds of rock and earth that dott
The Alabama town living and dying in the shadow of…
For decades the two companies dumped DDT, mercury and other toxic chemicals in the area. In the 1980s, the US government created the Superfund programme, which
How India is racing against time to save the endangered…
101 East reveals how India is fighting to conserve its population of one of the world’s rarest animals.In the eastern Himalayas of India, a fight is under way
