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Slums Are Bearing the Brunt of the Climate Crisis—And Devising Solutions

by Laura Spinney and Knowable Magazine 21 July 202623 July 2026

As temperatures rise, it is the poor who suffer most. The coping strategies of those living in informal settlements may hold lessons for cities of the future.

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In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, New Marine Ecosystems Are Flourishing

by Tim Brinkhof and Knowable Magazine 23 January 202423 January 2024

Sea life, stuck to plastic bottles and other human trash, has journeyed far from coastal habitats—and may threaten local species

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Slums Are Bearing the Brunt of the Climate Crisis—And Devising Solutions

In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, New Marine Ecosystems Are Flourishing

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