Two months ago Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. The world continues to watch in horror as cities are bombed into oblivion and millions of people are forcibly displaced from their homes. When we think about war, we understandably think about the immediate human misery and suffering. But war also inflicts another form of human suffering with effects that persist for decades and centuries, perhaps even millenia: it destroys the environment.
Deep Dive: War, Environment, and Climate
Deep Dive: War, Environment, and Climate
Deep Dive: War, Environment, and Climate
Two months ago Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. The world continues to watch in horror as cities are bombed into oblivion and millions of people are forcibly displaced from their homes. When we think about war, we understandably think about the immediate human misery and suffering. But war also inflicts another form of human suffering with effects that persist for decades and centuries, perhaps even millenia: it destroys the environment.