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Iran faces an environmental crisis. Why Climate Change Is a Matter of Justice by Jolin Li is licensed under CC BY-ND-NC 1.0.

Iran faces an environmental crisis

Mika Bhaskaran, Eastside STEM Editor March 29, 2026

A thick haze hangs over Tehran, but this is no ordinary smog. In early March 2026, following a series of airstrikes on fuel depots and oil infrastructure around the capital, the sky turned darker still. Massive oil fires burned for days, and in their...

Indonesia builds climate-ready healthcare facilities

Indonesia builds climate-ready healthcare facilities

Mika Bhaskaran, Eastside STEM Editor March 24, 2026

Across Indonesia, many communities live on the front lines of climate-related disasters. Droughts, floods, and shifting disease patterns are placing growing strain on already vulnerable health systems.  In 2024 alone, 142 healthcare facilities were damaged...

Greenhouse gases are destroying the polar ice sheets

Greenhouse gases are destroying the polar ice sheets

Sabrina DeAbreu, Art Director July 28, 2016

Across the world, environmental issues are a rising topic of discussion. However, not much has been done to make a change. A serious environmental issue with increasing detrimental effects would be the polar ice sheets melting. When these ice sheets...

The Plastic Epidemic

The Plastic Epidemic

Jennifer Pacitti, News/Features Editor July 11, 2016

  Humanity has created a destructive system. This system tells people to consume and to not stop. It will give the facts about waste, but not give a convenient enough way out. Ecowatch.com states that over the last ten years more plastic has been...