The choices we make today will determine whether we have a livable future.
Fall/Winter 2024
Industrial food animal production exploits workers, poisons water sources, and promotes the transmission of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. Is there a better way?
Climate-Smart Transportation
Cities must rethink transportation infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Community vs. Coal
Protesting coal dust and half-burned medical waste, South Baltimore residents lead the way on environmental health research.
Trillions of tiny plastic fragments have dispersed throughout the Earth—and most human bodies. It’s one example of how humans have disrupted natural systems with devastating consequences.
More CO2, Less Nutrition
Rising carbon levels are eroding nutritional values of staple crops, threatening millions with hidden hunger.
In New Orleans’ urban heat islands, too few green spaces, poverty, and inadequate cooling options make residents vulnerable to heat’s health risks.
How humans navigate a world out of balance.
Biodiversity is one of the best defenses against many infectious diseases.
From innovating ways to preserve glacial ice to predicting climate-driven migration shifts to building resilient cities, researchers are exploring scalable solutions to safeguard a planet in peril.
Extreme weather is amplifying mental health crises across the world. Solutions are needed now.
Planetary Health Innovations in Action
From satellites to revamped supply chains, creative solutions offer hope in a world full of challenges.
“We need to be ambitious and speak uncomfortable truth to intransigent power,” says planetary health leader Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood.
Ancient Wisdom Can Heal Modern Crises
Ancient wisdom supported my people for thousands of years—and can heal the polycrisis threatening the modern world.
Letters
Readers respond to our reporting on aging in America and other stories from our Spring/Summer 2024 issue.