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Small Island Nations Take World’s Biggest Emitters to Court

Seawater encroachment from rising sea levels on the island of Funafuti, Tuvalu.Kyodo News/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a landmark hearing, small island nations disproportionately affected by the climate crisis are taking on high-emitting countries in a court in Hamburg, Germany, in what is being…

Why Deep Sea Mining Is So “Deeply Destructive”

Brisingid sea stars are found in deep sea areas rich in critical minerals.Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Few people know the deep ocean as intimately as Lisa Levin, an ecologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Not content with…