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4 Interesting Facts About the Summer Solstice

Today is the summer solstice, marking the longest day of the year for the northern hemisphere. It also marks the first official day of summer. This also means that the days after today will get shorter and shorter until the winter solstice in December. We are not thinking about that though. Instead, many are celebrating […]

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Meteorologists Unite on the Summer Solstice to Raise Awareness for Climate Change

Tomorrow, June 21st, is the summer solstice, and it is also the day over 100 meteorologists are uniting to raise awareness for climate change. Tune in to your local news to see if your meteorologist is showing their support. What are they doing to raise awareness? They will be sporting warming stripes on either their […]

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Adidas Sold 1 Million Environmentally Friendly Shoes Last Year

Last year, Adidas launched environmentally friendly shoes made almost entirely of plastic found in the oceans. Their campaign, Run for the Oceans, brought awareness to plastic pollution and how it affects ecosystems. They sold one million pairs of the upcycled plastic shoes last year, and are continuing to collaborate with Parley for the Oceans. This […]

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Researchers Find Microplastics and Chemicals in Antarctica

At the beginning of the year, researchers from Greenpeace set out to Antarctica, the supposed last place untouched by pollutants. They collected samples of the snow and water to test for microplastics and persistent, hazardous chemicals. They, of course, found pollutants in both the snow and water samples. We now know how much more serious […]

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Fire Restrictions Close San Juan National Forest in Colorado

.San Juan National Forest in western Colorado closed this week due to a fire that has consumed 22,000 acres since June 1. The park covers over 1.8 million acres across the state and is now under Stage 3 fire restrictions. The park is not allowing anyone, except those specified below, into the national forest. This […]

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New Study Links Premature Birth Rates to Air Pollution

Everyone knows that air pollution damages human health. Large cities send out advisories when pollution is severe. Oftentimes, they encourage people to stay indoors and not travel if they do not need to. The thing is, many people do not listen and the air quality goes from bad to worse. Researchers have linked air pollution […]

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Save Yourself from the Increase in Diseases Spread by Ticks, Mosquitoes, and Fleas

The number of people contracting diseases from bugs, especially ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas, have tripled in the United States in recent years. Some of the commonly known diseases include Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and Zika virus. Ticks can also carry the same disease that caused the Black Death in medieval times (this is rare, […]

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Great Britain Is Fighting Carbon Dioxide Levels Through the Negative Emissions Technology

Carbon dioxide emissions are a really spicy problem in the world at the moment, as we are currently struggling with the biggest emission levels we have ever witnessed. This is why Great Britain has decided to take action and do something about it. The biggest carbon-producing facility in the country, the Drax power station, has […]

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MGM Resorts Phasing Out Plastic Straws

As we all know, plastic takes hundreds of years to decompose and is not always recycled. Some of our plastics end up in the ocean, where they cannot decompose and only break down into microplastics. Animals mistake it for food and ingest it, and many of those animals die. Single-use plastics are currently the target […]

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Costa Rica Plans to Be Fossil Fuel Free by 2021

Costa Rica’s new president announced plans last week to ban fossil fuels and make the country the first decarbonized society. No one in the world has done this before. Before saying such a goal is too lofty and too soon for them to accomplish, take a look at what Costa Rica has accomplished beforehand. Costa […]

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