Karolina Figas is an undergraduate at University College London (UCL) majoring in Geography. She was previously a contributing writer and an apprentice at a sustainable development organisation working in Central and East Indonesia. Her main areas of interest include tropical development, sustainability, epigenetics and psychology. The best environmental stories of the week and month, handpicked by our Editor. Make sure you're on top of what's new in the climate.
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