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    7 Must-See Films at the 42nd Cleveland International Film Fest

    7 Must-See Films at the 42nd Cleveland International Film Fest

    It’s that time, again! EcoWatch is proud to be a media partner of the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF), now celebrating its 42nd year. This year, EcoWatch is honored to be sponsoring Anote’s Ark. This documentary spotlights Kiribati, a small remote island facing devastating effects due to climate change. From April 4 through April 15, […]

    ‘Climate Change’ Removed From FEMA’s Strategic Plan

    ‘Climate Change’ Removed From FEMA’s Strategic Plan

    Last year, one of the hottest years in modern history, was also the costliest year ever for weather disasters, setting the U.S. back a record-setting $306 billion in spending aid and relief cost. But it appears the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the agency that responds to hurricanes, flooding and wildfires, is ignoring a critical […]

    Climate Change Harms Human Health

    Climate Change Harms Human Health

    Climate change is already making people sicker, according to a deep-dive written by Renee Cho for Columbia University’s Earth Institute on Monday. Cho pointed to the example of doctors in Florida who are noticing that their patients run through prescriptions faster as conditions like asthma worsen due to heat waves. Indeed, Florida doctors have observed […]

    San Francisco Sinks as Waters Rise

    San Francisco Sinks as Waters Rise

    According to a study released March 7, half of San Francisco International Airport’s runways could sink underwater by 2100, The New York Times reported. The study, published in Science Advances by Manoochehr Shirzaei of Arizona State University and Roland Bürgmann of the University of California, Berkeley, reveals that sea level rise poses more of a […]

    Judge Orders Historic Hearing on Climate Science

    Judge Orders Historic Hearing on Climate Science

    If you turn on the news, you might think that climate science has been on trial for decades. But now a San Francisco judge will give it an official day in court. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, who is hearing a suit brought by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco against five big […]

    While Mexico Plays Politics With Water, Some Cities Flood and Others Go Dry

    While Mexico Plays Politics With Water, Some Cities Flood and Others Go Dry

    By Veronica Herrera When Cape Town acknowledged in February that it would run out of water within months, South Africa suddenly became the global poster child for bad water management. Newspapers revealed that the federal government had been slow to respond to the city’s three-year drought because the mayor belongs to an opposition party. Cape […]

    World’s Largest Seed Bank Hits One Million Unique Food Crops

    World’s Largest Seed Bank Hits One Million Unique Food Crops

    The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle—also known as the “doomsday vault” safeguarding the world’s most diverse collection of seeds—now holds 1,059,646 unique crop varieties after receiving more than 70,000 samples on Monday. Depositors from 23 seed banks around the world braved sub-zero temperatures to deliver duplicate seeds of vital staples such as […]