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Category Archives: Blog

Nov62021

Wetland dynamics and conflict in the Sudd

Blog, Slider, South SudanBy Eoghan DarbyshireNovember 6, 2021

Climate change can drive variation in the availability of natural resources, so Charlotta Ruuskanen looked at whether annual changes in the area of the Sudd wetland in South Sudan influenced the intensity of conflict between pastoralist communities.

Oct132021

Libyan offshore oil spill worse than claimed

Blog, Country, Libya, SliderBy Eoghan DarbyshireOctober 13, 2021

In this post Dr Eoghan Darbyshire uses satellite imagery to examine claims made by the Libyan National Oil Corporation than an offshore oil spill has been controlled. What he finds underscores the importance of independent scrutiny of the oil industry in insecure and conflict settings.

Sep202021

Antimicrobial resistance in Gaza, and the ecology of war

Blog, Country, Occupied Palestinian Territories, SliderBy ConEnvObsSeptember 20, 2021

This post explores how a new study from Gaza has added weight to the hypothesis that prolonged conflicts in urban areas may be creating the perfect environmental conditions for antibiotic resistant bacteria to emerge.

Sep82021

Tree planting as resistance in Palestine

Blog, Country, Occupied Palestinian Territories, SliderBy ConEnvObsSeptember 8, 2021

In this guest post, Elle Ambler of the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature explores the impact of the Israeli occupation on agriculture and food security, and the role that tree planting can play as an act of resistance.

Sep82021

Blast fishing: how abandoned ordnance is destroying coral reefs

Blog, Blog, Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsSeptember 8, 2021

Kendra Dupuy and Linsey Cottrell examine the environmental consequences of harvesting unexploded and abandoned ordnance for blast fishing, and consider the support that local communities need to end the highly destructive practice.

Jul72021

Oil spills from Libya’s Derna power and desalination plant

Blog, Country, Libya, SliderBy Eoghan DarbyshireJuly 7, 2021

Using satellite imagery, Eoghan Darbyshire identifies recurring oil spills from Derna power and desalination plant in Libya, examining their threat they pose to its biodiverse coastline and the wider context of the country’s decaying infrastructure.

Jun162021

The military’s contribution to climate change

Blog, Military and the environment, Military emissions blogs, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsJune 16, 2021

With interest growing in reducing military emissions, Linsey Cottrell and Eoghan Darbyshire explore why they emit so much and what it will take to reduce their contribution to climate change.

Jun152021

Did NATO members just pledge to reduce their military GHG emissions?

Blog, Military and the environment, Military emissions blogs, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsJune 15, 2021

Doug Weir untangles what it actually was that NATO and its member states committed to at June’s summit. While there were some positive signs, the pledges fell short of what is needed to address military contributions to the climate crisis, in line with the Paris Agreement.

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