Carolyn Beeler is the co-host of The World.She joined the show in 2015 to cover the environment, and for eight years reported and edited stories about climate change across the globe.Beeler has reported from all seven continents and been recognized with some of journalism’s top awards.Before working at The World, Beeler reported for WHYY in Philadelphia, helping pilot the weekly health and science show, "The Pulse." She also reported from Berlin for a year as a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow.Beeler studied journalism at Northwestern University and learned how to make radio as a Kroc fellow at NPR.
Japan’s oldest village tries to attract new, younger residents
Nearly one-third of Japan’s population is over 65, making it the oldest country in the world. Small rural towns nationwide are seeing these demographic changes most acutely as younger residents leave for larger cities. Nowhere is this more evident than in the village of Nanmoku, where officials are using the allure of cheap property to bring a newer, younger generation of residents to town.
Coalition of small island states makes a case that greenhouse gas emissions are covered by UN Law of the Sea
In Hamburg, Germany, an international tribunal makes rulings on the UN’s Law of the Sea, which deals with marine territorial rights and navigation, and requires states to prevent and control marine pollution. This week, a coalition of small island states is asking the court to rule on an unusual case: that greenhouse gas pollution is covered under this law of the sea.
Flooding from Ukraine’s ‘Hero River’ may be a silver lining of war
In order to prevent Russian troops from advancing toward Kyiv, Ukrainian forces destroyed a dam on the Irpin River early on in the war. The flooding, as it turned out, created new wetland areas. Some conservationists hope to see the wetlands stay. Even residents whose cellars remain flooded are glad the water came and the Russian troops did not.
Farmland off-limits in Ukraine due to mines
Ukraine is now considered the most heavily mined country in the world. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnances since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. And about a third of the country needs to be cleared of these explosives. Much of that land is farmland.
A coalition of Ukrainians is documenting environmental crimes
The Ukrainian government is doing an unusually thorough job of documenting environmental damages being caused by Russian attacks. Their primary goal, according to the Ministry of the Environment, is to eventually win compensation for these damages.