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The 136 Largest Coastal Cities, including Egypt’s Alexandria, face $1 Trillion Losses per Year from Sea Level Rise by 2050
Climate Crisis

The 136 Largest Coastal Cities, including Egypt’s Alexandria, face $1 Trillion Losses per Year from Sea Level Rise by 2050

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a new paper, Chris R. Stokes et al. write in Communications Earth and Environment that even if we manage […]

China, the ASEAN Nations of S.E. Asia, and the Gulf take up Palestine at Summit

China, the ASEAN Nations of S.E. Asia, and the Gulf take up Palestine at Summit

05/31/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Solar Panels’ Shade helps boost Colorado grassland Productivity in dry Years

Solar Panels’ Shade helps boost Colorado grassland Productivity in dry Years

05/31/2025 By The Conversation

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Morocco Plans Floating Solar PV over Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation

Morocco Plans Floating Solar PV over Reservoirs to Stop Evaporation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco is on a green energy roll, as the government’s far-sighted plan to move the North African country to renewables […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Syria: Türkiye-backed Armed Groups Detain, Extort Civilians

Syria: Türkiye-backed Armed Groups Detain, Extort Civilians

New Syrian Government Should Ensure Accountability Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Syrian National Army (SNA) factions that fought the Assad government with backing from Türkiye […]

Human Rights Watch

Children
What Malnutrition is doing to Gaza’s Starving Babies in their 1st 1000 Days of Life

What Malnutrition is doing to Gaza’s Starving Babies in their 1st 1000 Days of Life

By Nina Sivertsen, Flinders University; Annette Briley, Flinders University, and Tahlia Johnson, Flinders University (The Conversation) – Last week, the United Nations warned more than […]

The Conversation

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Gaza “a Gaping Wound on Humanity:” Spain Convenes Int’l Conference to call for Arms Embargo on Israel

Gaza “a Gaping Wound on Humanity:” Spain Convenes Int’l Conference to call for Arms Embargo on Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Spanish wire service EFE reports that delegations from 20 countries met Sunday in Madrid in a push to pressure […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Siege Politics: Netanyahu’s Crisis-Driven Grip on Power

Siege Politics: Netanyahu’s Crisis-Driven Grip on Power

Even mild criticism produces splenetic reactions from the Israeli leader. By Imran Khalid | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – By now, it should […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Donald Trump
Starving Babies:  The Self-Liquidation of U.S. Global Soft Power

Starving Babies: The Self-Liquidation of U.S. Global Soft Power

( Tomdispatch.com ) – With the Oval Office looking more like a middle school classroom every day, let’s recall the way, once upon a time, […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Archaeology
Genetic Study finds Echoes of the Early Modern Ethnic Cleansing of Spain’s Muslims

Genetic Study finds Echoes of the Early Modern Ethnic Cleansing of Spain’s Muslims

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A genetic history study of Spain by Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia et al. in Genome Biology eloquently confirms the story of the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
WHO: 94% of Gaza Hospitals Damaged or Destroyed

WHO: 94% of Gaza Hospitals Damaged or Destroyed

( Middle East Monitor ) – The UN reported on Friday that at least 94% of hospitals in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, with […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
For many Island Species, the next Tropical Cyclone may be their Last

For many Island Species, the next Tropical Cyclone may be their Last

By Simon Valle, Bangor University and David Jorge Pereira, University of Birmingham (The Conversation) – When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all […]

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