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Carolyn Beeler

Left to right: Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed; Screen shot form video; Vehicles on fire at an oil depot after missiles struck the facility in an area controlled by Russian-bac

VIDEO: The environmental impact of the war in Ukraine

Ukraine

Damages to the environment are widespread and will continue to impact Ukrainians for decades to come.

VIDEO: The environmental impact of the war in Ukraine
Left to right: Smoke from a wildfire over the Athens sky; a woman walks in a village during a period of drought; students hold up a banners; the Atlantic forest in Brazil.

VIDEO: 'The Big Fix' explores climate change solutions around the globe

The Big Fix
VIDEO: 'The Big Fix' explores climate change solutions around the globe
man with a cat

'Death is still better than living in Russia': A Ukrainian medic on the front lines says there's no choice but to fight

Ukraine
'Death is still better than living in Russia': A Ukrainian medic on the front lines says there's no choice but to fight
Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed signs a document underwater calling on all countries to cut down their carbon dioxide emissions in Girifushi, about 20 minutes by speedboat from the capital Male, Maldives

At COP26, island nations push hard for countries to meet goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius

Climate Change
At COP26, island nations push hard for countries to meet goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius
Researchers aboard the Nathanial B. Palmer gather on the ship’s bridge to view one of the first icebergs they encountered.

Antarctica Dispatch 3: The ship's first encounters with icebergs

Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
Antarctica Dispatch 3: The ship's first encounters with icebergs
Nathaniel B Palmer in port

Antarctica Dispatch 1: Gearing up and shipping out

Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier

The World’s Carolyn Beeler's first dispatch from onboard the icebreaker comes from the port of Punta Arenas, in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego.

Antarctica Dispatch 1: Gearing up and shipping out
A child plays in the flooded streets of Norfolk, Virginia, during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Norfolk is one of many coastal cities around the world experiencing more frequent flooding as sea levels rise in response to warmer global temperatures.

Meet our new Livable Planet desk. It’s about what we need to have a future.

Environment

Times are changing and so are we. Welcome to the Livable Planet Desk, the new home for environment coverage from PRI's The World and PRI.org.

Meet our new Livable Planet desk. It’s about what we need to have a future.