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State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt
Climate Crisis

State of Climate: Earth Hottest on Record again, as CO2 still Climbs and Glaciers Wilt

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American Meteorological Society has issued its annual climate report, this one summarizing changes in 2024 now that all the […]

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

New data shows No Kings was One of the largest Days of Protest in US history

08/17/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

Iran’s Nature is under Threat – here’s how better environmental Stewardship can save it

08/17/2025 By The Conversation

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The "Destruction of the Third Temple"?  Israel's Apocalyptic Civil War Weakens State, Military

The “Destruction of the Third Temple”? Israel’s Apocalyptic Civil War Weakens State, Military

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday, all hell broke loose in Israel, even more so than the recent norm. The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 […]

Juan Cole

European Union
Turkey has a long Road ahead with renewed European Union Bid

Turkey has a long Road ahead with renewed European Union Bid

Written byArzu Geybullayeva ( Globalvoices.org) – On July 20, European Union foreign ministers met to discuss Ankara’s renewed accession demands and agreed to re-engage with […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Biodiversity
The Forgotten Amazon: As a Critical Summit Nears, Politicians must Work Against Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon

The Forgotten Amazon: As a Critical Summit Nears, Politicians must Work Against Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon

By Victor Galaz, Stockholm University | – When asked to situate the world’s most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany on Track to 3 new Gigawatts of Onshore Wind this Year as Expansion Accelerates

Germany on Track to 3 new Gigawatts of Onshore Wind this Year as Expansion Accelerates

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The speed of Germany’s onshore wind power expansion is accelerating, but it is still […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Egypt
The Existential Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood

The Existential Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood

Review of Abdelrahman Ayyash, Amr ElAfifi, and Noha Ezzat, Broken Bonds: The Existential Crisis of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, 2013-22 (Washington, DC: The Century Foundation, 2023). […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Archaeology
416,000 Years Ago, All Greenland's Ice Melted and Raised Sea Levels 5-20 Feet: A Warning from the Past

416,000 Years Ago, All Greenland’s Ice Melted and Raised Sea Levels 5-20 Feet: A Warning from the Past

By Paul Bierman, University of Vermont, and Tammy Rittenour, Utah State University | – About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. Scrubby […]

The Conversation

Congress
The Orwellian US Congressional Ministry of Truth just denied Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians

The Orwellian US Congressional Ministry of Truth just denied Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians

Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks   ( Middle East Monitor ) – The two major political parties in the US have waded into the debate about whether […]

Middle East Monitor

Displaced and Refugees
Migration and the Shadow of War: How the Real Story of a Migrant Boat Disaster Escaped our Attention

Migration and the Shadow of War: How the Real Story of a Migrant Boat Disaster Escaped our Attention

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Seeking news coverage about the Adriana, the boat crowded with some 700 people migrating to Europe to seek a better life […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Africa
Hey Jason Aldean:  All Humans owe their Big Brains and Survival as a Species to Afro-Textured Hair

Hey Jason Aldean: All Humans owe their Big Brains and Survival as a Species to Afro-Textured Hair

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Afro-textured hair has been a frequent object of racist denigration. In April 2007 radio shock jock Don Imus got himself […]

Juan Cole

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