Humanity
Escaping Atlantis: The Human Rights Approach (Part III)
This article is Part III of an investigative series about climate migration. For Part II of Escaping Atlantis, click here. Permanent territory loss caused by climate change presents the unique challenge of statelessness. The 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States established criteria for a state: "a permanent population; a defined territory; government; and capacity to enter into relations with the other states."
By DJ Nuclear Winter4 months ago in Earth
A Silent Guardian
M Mehran There is something comforting about knowing Earth is always beneath us. Whether we are awake or asleep, joyful or grieving, rushing through cities or wandering through forests—the planet carries us without complaint. It is silent, steady, and ever-present, a guardian we often forget to acknowledge.
By Muhammad Mehran4 months ago in Earth
The Story Beneath Our Feet
M Mehran Most of us go through life without ever truly looking down. We walk across pavements, fields, and carpets, but rarely pause to think about what lies beneath us. Yet, the ground we stand on is not just dirt and stone. It is history. It is memory. It is Earth’s oldest story, waiting quietly for us to listen.
By Muhammad Mehran4 months ago in Earth
The Living Heartbeat of Earth
M Mehran When we think about Earth, it’s easy to reduce it to a planet: a sphere of rock orbiting the sun, covered in oceans and forests, inhabited by billions of lives. But when you look closer, Earth is far more than that. It is alive in its own way. It breathes, it shifts, it grows, and it sustains us in ways we hardly pause to notice. If Earth were to whisper its story, it would be a tale of resilience, beauty, and warnings we must learn to hear.
By Muhammad Mehran4 months ago in Earth
India
Introduction – The Soul of a Diverse Nation India is not merely a country; it is a living civilization that has grown and evolved for more than five thousand years. From the icy peaks of the Himalayas to the warm, tropical shores of Kerala, India stretches across mountains, deserts, jungles, and rivers like a giant quilt stitched with countless stories.
By Ahmed Mohamed4 months ago in Earth
Today Live: At least 18 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks
At least 18 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, including 14 in Gaza City, medical sources told Al Jazeera. France and Saudi Arabia are set to host a summit at the UN in New York, bringing together dozens of world leaders to support a two-state solution. Several countries are expected to formally recognize a Palestinian state during the event, a step likely to provoke strong reactions from Israel and the United States.
By Faruk Hossain4 months ago in Earth
Rotterdam's Delta-Linked Climate Strategy
by Futoshi Tachino In Europe’s busiest river mouth, Rotterdam has learned to treat water as both antagonist and ally. The city’s climate playbook reads like delta pragmatism: keep the surge out, make room for the rain, reuse the heat, stash the carbon, and choreograph daily life so the low-carbon choice is the easy one. It’s a system, not a showpiece—barriers and basins, blue-green roofs and hot-water pipes, all pulling together.
By Futoshi Tachino4 months ago in Earth
Steam, Not Smoke
by Futoshi Tachino In Kenya’s Rift Valley, the ground exhales. Around Naivasha, at a place called Olkaria, wells tap rock-hot water and steam that have already helped Kenya become Africa’s geothermal leader—and one of the few countries where clean, firm power anchors the grid. Recent analyses put geothermal’s share of Kenya’s electricity around the mid-40s, with some reports citing roughly 47 percent in 2024. That matters in a drought-prone region where hydropower is variable and diesel is expensive.
By Futoshi Tachino4 months ago in Earth
Catching Clouds
by Futoshi Tachino In the Anti-Atlas mountains of southwest Morocco, fog rolls inland from the Atlantic and clings to ridgelines above the Amazigh (Berber) communities of Aït Baamrane. For decades, that fog was little more than a damp inconvenience in a place short on rain and poorer still in pipes. Then a local NGO, Dar Si Hmad, turned it into a municipal water source—stringing engineered meshes along a windy ridge, funneling condensed droplets into tanks, and gravity-feeding the result down to village taps. It’s one of the world’s largest fog-to-water systems and a rare example of a climate solution that is passive, energy-free in operation, and profoundly shaped by the people it serves.
By Futoshi Tachino4 months ago in Earth
