Category: Climate Change

Puerto Rico is Ignoring its Zika crisis

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Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, the government has reported zero new cases of Zika. But doctors on the ground are finding an alarming number of new infections among pregnant women. The government’s claims that the Zika crisis is over is being called into question: Could there be no new official cases because officials have just stopped counting? For this PBS NewsHour report from The GroundTruth Project and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, Beth Murphy tracks the course of Zika in Puerto Rico over the course of two years.
For more on this story, listen to the Reveal episode “The Storm After the Storm.”

Majestic Planet

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Land. Water. Fire. Ice. These elements are basic ingredients that make up planet Earth. Take a moment to admire the magnificent spectacle of our stunning home planet from the perspective of space

Credit: NASA JPL

The Changing Arctic Diet: Adjusting to a Foreign Food System

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The Inuit’s rapid dietary shift from harvested to store-bought food is fraught with nutritional, financial, and cultural consequences.

In only a few generations, the Inuit have undergone an important dietary transition. As harvested country foods, such as arctic char and caribou, are supplemented and sometimes completely replaced with store-bought groceries, the Inuit suffer the consequences of an imperfect food system seemingly transposed from southern Canada.

Produced by student fellow, Julie De Meulemeester.