Humanity
Martyrdom of Jawad Musa Leads to Guardianship Distribution for Gaza's Children
Chapter 1: The Dawn of Sacrifice The first light of dawn crept over Gaza, painting the rubble-strewn streets in hues of gold and ash. The air was thick with the scent of smoke and the distant echoes of artillery. In a small, bomb-battered home near the outskirts of the city, Jawad Musa tightened the straps of his medical vest, his fingers trembling not from fear, but from resolve. His wife, Amina, clutched their three-year-old daughter, Layla, to her chest, her eyes glistening with unshed tears.
By Ainullah sazo6 months ago in Earth
Why We Need More Green Spaces in Cities
Introduction: Concrete vs. Green Cities are growing faster than ever. Skyscrapers, highways, shopping malls, and endless apartment blocks are taking over the land. But while cities grow taller and busier, something vital is disappearing — green spaces.Parks, community gardens, tree-lined streets, and urban forests are often seen as "nice to have" rather than essential. But in reality, green spaces are not a luxury — they are a necessity. And the science, health data, and community feedback all agree.
By KAMRAN AHMAD6 months ago in Earth
A Silent Plea in the Woven Wire
A Stark Reminder of Our Impact: A Plea from the Wild The image before us is a profound and unsettling tableau, a silent testament to the often-unseen struggles of the wild world around us. It depicts a majestic deer, its antlers reaching skyward, caught tragically in a wire fence. Its body, partially obscured and seemingly injured, tells a harrowing tale of a life cut short, a journey abruptly ended. The deer's head is tilted upwards, perhaps in a final, desperate gasp, or simply frozen in the moment of its demise. Behind it, a dense thicket of green foliage hints at the natural habitat it once roamed freely, now a stark contrast to the unforgiving man-made barrier that ensnared it.
By Asif Shah Zahid6 months ago in Earth
Central Texas is Flooding, Again
Let me take you back to 2018, a year that saw the second year of Trump’s Presidency; the Philadelphia Eagles winning their first Super Bowl in franchise history; the release of Marvel’s Black Panther; the end of the Kepler Space Telescope mission; and the “14 separate billion-dollar disaster events including: two tropical cyclones, eight severe storms, two winter storms, drought, and wildfires,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA.
By Amanda Starks6 months ago in Earth
Google Inks $3 Billion US Hydropower Deal, Largest Clean Energy Agreement of Its Kind
In a transformative move for clean energy and corporate sustainability, Google has inked a $3 billion hydropower agreement in the United States, marking the largest deal of its kind in renewable energy history. This partnership underscores Google's ambition to power its data centers and offices exclusively with carbon-free energy by 2030. The hydropower deal is a cornerstone strategy to decarbonize operations and meet escalating demands for green energy.
By Kageno Hoshino6 months ago in Earth
Japan's Smart Response to Climate Change
by Futoshi Tachino On a muggy midsummer afternoon in Japan, the cicadas of Kanagawa Prefecture raise their familiar chorus, yet the hum that truly defines the skyline comes from rooftops sparkling with photovoltaics and from battery arrays quietly balancing loads behind closed doors. Here, ecological hope is not an abstraction: the Japanese tradition of meticulous engineering meets an urgency carved by typhoons, earthquakes, and carbon budgets that will outlive every child born today.
By Futoshi Tachino6 months ago in Earth
Gaza's Desalination Pivot
by Futoshi Tachino The crucible Gaza is where climate vulnerability collides head‑on with political blockade. A joint World Water Day press release from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and the Palestinian Water Authority notes that 97 percent of water pumped from the Strip’s coastal aquifer fails World Health Organization standards—leaving most families to scrape by on as little as 3 to 15 litres a day (PCBS & PWA, 2024). When a July 2025 Israeli strike hit a queue of people filling jerrycans, Reuters described residents doubling back to brackish wells despite the risk of disease (Reuters, 2025). Layer the region’s projected heat on top of that. A 2021 study in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science warns that, without steep emissions cuts, parts of the Middle East and North Africa will face “super‑ and ultra‑extreme” heatwaves above 50 °C by late century (Zittis et al., 2021). With water scarce and temperatures soaring, Gaza’s humanitarian emergency easily mutates into a climate‑security tinderbox.
By Futoshi Tachino6 months ago in Earth
