The Digital Fog of Environmental Misinformation In the digital age, a new kind of environmental crisis is unfolding, not in our forests or oceans, but on our screens. For young people in Türkiye, the daily scroll through social media presents a relentless barrage of contradictory information. One post may dismiss climate change as an exaggeration, while another extols a product as “100 percent sustainable.” A third might argue that recycling is futile. This cacophony of conflicting narratives, often presented with equal polish and conviction, creates a bewildering landscape where the truth becomes difficult to discern. Young people, who are arguably…

In the northern Israeli city of Afula, mornings usually begin with the ordinary soundtrack of small-city life: children lingering over breakfast, drivers honking in light traffic, shopkeepers pulling up metal shutters, and buses wheezing their way through streets that have seen generations pass. But in recent months, that familiar rhythm was repeatedly torn open by the scream of police sirens. On one such morning, a call to the police reported a terrorist spotted near a local kindergarten. The caller was calm and specific, the kind of detail-heavy warning that makes dispatchers sit up and officers move fast. He claimed a…