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Eric Margolis
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Eric Margolis is a reporter based in Nagoya.
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February 2, 2023
Eric Margolis
The Cities at the Cutting Edge of Urban Biodiversity
From Rio de Janeiro to Kanazawa, cities all over the globe are being recognized as biodiversity hot spots—and reimagining conservation in the twenty-first century.
February 14, 2022
Eric Margolis
How Many Ski Seasons Are Left?
Beijing’s artificial-snow Winter Olympics have drawn attention to what powder enthusiasts from Aspen to Sapporo have known for years: Winter is dying.
November 17, 2020
Eric Margolis
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Put Japan’s Climate Policy in a Decade-Long Purgatory
Ten years after the meltdown, the country’s nuclear reactors remain shut down, and there’s no clear path to reducing emissions to net zero.
July 16, 2020
Eric Margolis
Cities Are Becoming Climate Death Traps
A new era of heat waves is here. We aren’t ready.
June 3, 2020
Eric Margolis
Climate Change Is Going to Hit Palestine Particularly Hard
Global warming will exacerbate the Israel-Palestine conflict. But the conflict will also exacerbate the effects of global warming.
April 14, 2020
Eric Margolis
The Coming Ecosystem Collapse Is Already Here for Coral
Conservationists are waging an expensive fight of diminishing returns to save reefs and those who depend on them.
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