Anna Romandash

A heated building facade is pulled aside to reveal a cool oasis in a city
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Twenty degrees apart: How urban inequality drives indoor heat in Paris and Barcelona

While European cities face record-shattering heat due to climate change, not all residents are affected equally. Indoor heat sensors show scorching temps in areas with lower-income housing, compounded by neglectful urban planning and pollution- a combination that is creating health risks in urban peripheries.

A woman stands with a broom in one hand and a child in the other, defending her land against encroaching fire
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Community in La Cañada Real: The women defending Spain’s biggest informal settlement

For decades, Moroccan immigrants have called La Cañada Real home. Now, real estate speculators are closing in on the informal settlement. Authorities are starving the community of basic infrastructure and demolishing homes. But women are pushing back against eviction and uniting against oppression from outside their community and within.

A hand from the sky turns on a faucet
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The Rainmakers of Morocco

Morocco’s drought-flood chaos is fueling a storm of cloud seeding conspiracies.

A masked nurse holds a baby and in a later moment crosses a lined road
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Migrant talent saves Portugal from brain drain

With almost a third of young Portuguese living abroad, the country’s visa options and growing recognition of foreign qualifications help keep the economy on its feet. But despite so many immigrant workers coming from Portuguese-speaking countries, their degrees still don’t have the same clout as qualifications earned in Portugal.

A man in a garden is surrounded by colorful vegetables in this illustration by Suryaa Rajan
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Seeds of resistance: The fight to preserve Europe’s peasant seeds

Before industrialized farming conquered the continent, the crops that fed Europe were adaptable varieties that evolved as peasants freely exchanged seeds, from harvest to sowing, generation after generation. Reviving these seed systems could protect our food supply from future climate shocks – if EU regulations don’t strangle them out completely.