As deforestation continues to worsen and causes climate change to become more uncontrollable, the California state assembly voted to do something about it this week by passing legislation requiring deforestation-free supply chains. Every year, the world’s rainforests disappear a little more, robbing us of trees that provide oxygen and reduce carbon dioxide, help in the […]
Continue readingChernobyl is no longer a place for humans to call home, but several rare and endangered species have dared to call it home and are thriving in the years since a nuclear disaster forced people to abandon the area in 1986. When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic radioactive meltdown, a entire modern […]
Continue readingNature could look unrecognizable within the next century if humans do not become better stewards of the Earth because a new study is warning that large animal species are dying off at an alarming rate. Over the last 125,000 years, humans have seen the extinction of mammoths and other large animals of the Ice Age […]
Continue readingWorld leaders may be taking action to prevent uncontrollable climate change, but that doesn’t mean there’s less air pollution because it’s actually getting worse and is adversely affecting every organ in our bodies. Since the dawn of the industrial age, air pollution has been a constant problem affecting our health and lives. Millions of people […]
Continue readingIn the very near future, the world is going to have to make a decision. We either want helium for party balloons, or we save it for scientific and technological uses that benefit mankind. Because our current supply is running out, and helium is not a renewable resource. Just 150 years ago, humans discovered helium, […]
Continue readingBayer AG, the company that owns Monsanto, is reeling after a third jury in California awarded a $2 billion judgement against plaintiffs who sued the pharmaceutical giant for causing their cancer through the use of Roundup, a popular weed killer. Roundup relies on a chemical known as glyphosate, which the World Health Organization’s International Agency […]
Continue readingSolar power has been around for a long time. And with the increasing construction of glass structures such as skyscrapers, it’s about time the technology caught up. And it finally has. Glass structures are woefully inefficient and contribute to the massive carbon footprint produced by cities every day. In fact, a new study shows that […]
Continue reading“All drains lead to the ocean,” or so said the Clownfish named Gill in Finding Nemo. The Moorish idol voiced by Willem Dafoe was trying to escape his fish tank by a trip down the toilet. The idea may not be entirely accurate but there is much truth in the thought that what goes down […]
Continue readingThe city of London is aiming to become the first National Park city in the world as part of the effort to go green and reduce the city’s carbon footprint. Cities around the globe are big polluters of the Earth. Scientific American reports that “residents of just 100 cities account for 20 percent of humanity’s […]
Continue readingIf one good thing came out of the Korean War, it’s the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea that has remained largely untouched by humans since 1953, thus becoming an ecological example of how leaving nature alone can help save it. The DMZ was a hotly contested stretch of territory during the war. […]
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