Emily Loftis covered the auto industry and health care for Bloomington, Indiana's NPR station while earning a master's degree at Indiana University's School of Journalism. She recently completed a 14-month internship at Mother Jones magazine, where she wrote print book reviews, fact-checked investigative stories, and blogged on everything from moneyless living to chemical safety regulations.
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) just released figures for July’s arctic sea ice averages. The bad news: Last month’s average arctic sea ice extent is the second-greatest loss of summer sea ice since satellite tracking began in 1979.
If it were to consider decades of sectarian strife, severe famine, and religious tension, the global community might find security problems are more immediate -- and costly-- than initially thought.