A spoken word artist from the Marshall Islands brings climate change alive in a poem to her daughter

A spoken word artist from the Marshall Islands brings climate change alive in a poem to her daughter

Dear Matafele Peinem is a poem by spoken word artist Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands. Addressed to her daughter, it warns against climate change, detailing an apocalyptic scenario that, Jetnil-Kijiner promises, she will protect Matafele Peinem from. Fired with rage and sweetened by affection, Jetnil-Kijiner performed the piece at St. Pancras railway station in

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault works. First withdrawal comes from Syria

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault works. First withdrawal comes from Syria

“The vault is probably going to be used sooner rather than later, and it isn’t necessarily because of some global catastrophe,” said Cary Fowler in 2012, former Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, foundation managing the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norwegian subterranean seed bank, created in 2008 in order to safeguard the widest range

Hawaii. From tropical haven to green paradise

Hawaii. From tropical haven to green paradise

Enough with coal, oil and natural gas. From now on Hawaii will only build plants that generate electricity using renewable sources and will cut all funding for fossil fuels. The aim: to be powered by 100% renewables by 2045. The announcement was made by state governor David Ige, electrical engineer, at the Asia Pacific Resilience

Humans have forced polar bears to start hunting dolphins

Humans have forced polar bears to start hunting dolphins

Polar bears have started hunting and eating dolphins. It is the first time that this phenomenon takes place and the cause is linked to rising temperatures and food scarcity in the Arctic Ocean.     Summer comes earlier Oceans acidification and ice melting due to global warming have been jeopardising polar bear existence for a