All You Need to Know About Energy Efficient Windows
Energy efficiency all over the home is one of our primary concerns. The main two reasons are that we always want to be as practical as possible money-wise, but we also want to be as eco-friendly as possible. Since energy has become both expensive and polluting to the environment, we are forever looking for solutions […]
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Fertility Rates at an All-Time Low with the Global Population Still Growing
The Lancet recently published a study that found that fertility rates are only half of what they used to be in 1950. There are several factors to this decline, like more educated and working women and an increased access to birth control and family planning methods. Regardless of the decline in fertility rates, the global […]
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The Effects of Losing 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970
You do not have to keep up on the environmental news to know that several more animals are on the endangered species list, and many have been on there for years. Poachers are a problem in countries around the world, but it is not the only problem our animal populations face. About 60 percent of […]
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Gene Modification Could Eliminate Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are universally known as a pest and everyone knows that they carry diseases. People die every year from diseases contracted via mosquito bite. If there was a way to get rid of mosquitoes for good, surely it would be a good thing. Right? Researchers might have found a way to eliminate the pesky bug, […]
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New Study Shows that Air Pollution Affects Cognitive Abilities
Most of us know of the horrible health effects air pollution has on the human race. Researchers have also recently asked, “Is air pollution making us dumber?” If you want the short answer, it is yes. A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), shows that air pollution also negatively […]
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Oil Exploration in South Africa: A Threat to Endangered Coelacanths
Coelacanths are one of the rarest fish in the world and can be found off the east coast of South Africa. They weigh nearly the same amount as an average-sized man and have been around for almost 400 million years. This makes them older than dinosaurs and one of the most unique sea creatures here […]
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Why You Should Never Flush Your Contact Lenses
In the United States alone, there are over 45 million people who wear contact lenses, myself included. Although contacts are great for many reasons, they can also cause more problems than you may think.ResearchA study was presented at a National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on Sunday. It was discovered through […]
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What Is a Red Tide and What Are Its Effects?
Many of the large news headlines are covering the effects of a long and deadly algae bloom in southwest Florida. Dead marine life is cluttering the beaches, leaving many beachgoers meandering around carcasses. The dead marine animals include fish, sea turtles, birds, sharks, and manatees. Scientists just call it a harmful algae bloom, but many […]
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California Wildfires Cause Severe Damage and Air Pollution
Every summer, the western United States gets hot and dry, meaning that wildfires plague the headlines. Many of them happen in California, which is understandable since temperatures frequently reach triple digits there. Consequently, high temperatures and low rainfall result in a drying out of the land. In these conditions, almost anything can spark a wildfire, […]
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Scientists Found a New Dolphin-Whale Hybrid Off the Coast of Hawaii
Finding hybrids of species is not a new thing in the animal kingdom, but this one is special because it is the first of its kind. This dolphin-whale hybrid is the child of a female melon-headed whale and a male rough-toothed dolphin. Funded by the US Navy, scientists first spotted this new hybrid in August […]
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