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By Advika Sadasivan, Houston, Texas, United States. As climate change causes higher average global temperatures, both permafrost and...

By Max Zukerman, Solon High School. Historically, China has taken a business-centric approach to growth, prioritizing its economy over...

This paper aims to compare the animal testing policies of the United States to countries in Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America...

Environmental pollutants and their adverse effects on impoverished people’s health are interrelated...

Saachi Jain, University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, Ontario, Canada https://doi.org/10.51627/PGHR.2022.03.00090 Every month approximately 129 billion disposable face masks are used and discarded; that is 4.3 billion masks a day (Prata et al., 2020). Masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) have been an integral part of keeping us safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, but are they doing more harm than good? The use of PPEs spiked in March 2020 when COVID-19 was offic

Ria Mirchandani, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, Missouri, USA https://doi.org/10.51627/PGHR.2021.11.00073 In 1624, the English poet John Donne poignantly wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself; everyman is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; … And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee (Donne, 1624).” Humans are intricately connected. Our actions impact each other in a chain reaction that can span geography and time, as evi

Vedant Sharma, Awty International School, Houston, Texas, USA Summary Water is crucial to our survival. An average human consumes about 87,600 liters in a lifetime. However, microplastic is starting to become a serious threat to our drinking water. 90% of plastic does not get recycled, and gets returned to us in the form of microplastics, as plastic decomposes into smaller and smaller pieces and becomes an intrinsic part of the environment (Udall, 2020). It gets converted int

By Vicky Nguyen, Lord Byng Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada In a world plagued by foodborne illnesses, the proverb “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” holds a different meaning. Nowadays, it is challenging to ensure the safety of the food we consume daily. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that there were 85 food-related outbreaks in the U.S from 2013 to 2015, which is a large increase compared to the 32 reported cases from

By Tenzin Kunsang, Jones College Prep, Chicago, IL https://doi.org/10.51627/PGHR.2020.08.00016 Tibet, a linkage between two of the world’s most populous countries, sits high at an altitude of about 4,380 meters. For reference, New York City’s highest elevation is 125 meters (USGS, 1995), and Mt. Everest—the tallest mountain in the world—is 8,850 meters tall (Rutledge, 2011). Indigenous Tibetans have evolved with adaptations that allow for them to live more than 4,000 meters a