Environment

The Ocean Is Choking — And So Are We

Picture this: every single day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic gets dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers, and lakes. Not every week. Not every month. Every. Single. Day. Every year, 19 to 23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into rivers, lakes, and seas around the …

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Earth Is Losing Its Wildlife — and the Numbers Are Shocking

Imagine waking up one day and finding out that three out of four of your neighbors had disappeared. That’s basically what’s happening to wildlife on Earth right now, and most people have no idea. Since 1970, the world has lost an enormous share of its animal populations. According to the …

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The Last Forests

By Dillon Zhang – 11th grade Deep in the Congo, an elder stands at the edge of a forest his family has cared for for generations. The trees are tall and full of life. He does not have legal papers to prove the land is his. What he has is …

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The Environmental Cost of the Industrial Revolution

By: Elle Shi Although the Industrial Revolution began as a major technological advancement that transformed the world’s perspective on labor, it also marked the start of humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels, leading to long-term environmental damage.  The Industrial Revolution was a significant breakthrough in work; it transformed manual labor into …

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Turkey’s 2025 Water Crisis

Turkey faced one of the most devastating droughts in decades. Rainfall dropped around 30% across the country with some areas specifically receiving significantly less rain than normal. Due to this unexpected decrease in rainfall, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs that supply the people in Turkey with drinking water are seeing dangerously …

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