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Beyond Magazine Issue 22 Winter 2017

Disappearing Act America’s great scene stealers are at risk

Words Tamara Batshon When we think of national parks, we imagine wide-open spaces, lush forests, an abundance of wildlife, and snow-capped mountains safely protected from...

Lebanon Gets Real A roadmap to tackle climate change is already in place

Words Alia Fawaz Climate change is a leading global concern today. World leaders and climate change stakeholders regularly meet to set targets to reduce greenhouse...

Oceans Apart In Kiribati, this way beauty lies

Words Sania Shahrasbi The ocean is encroaching from every angle. Everywhere you look you can see thousands of shades of blue, green, turquoise, etc. Lying...

It’s Getting Hot in Here So let’s talk about sex

Words Bassam Alkantar Climate-warming temperatures might be expected to affect the sex ratio of species if sex determination is temperature-dependent. Several studies show that indirect...

Stop Playing Dirty It’s time to come clean

Words Malek Hakim Major global insurance companies are urging G20 leaders to commit to a specific timeline for rapidly phasing out fossil fuel subsidies –...

Boom Baby Boom It’s a small world, literally

Words Tamara Batshon Over the last one hundred and fifty years, humans have drastically altered the natural environment through industrialization, intensive farming, rapid urbanization, and...