ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

New Discovery: 'Super Corals' that Thrive in Acidic Water

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 06.08.2019 17:21 PM

Some corals that can tolerate the warming of the waters and its rising acidity as well. (Photo : Tom Fisk) The effects of climate change do not only affect the living conditions of those above water.

Author Gives Simple Reminder for Zero-Wasters

06.08.2019 17:18 PM

Zero Waste Home author, Bea Johnson, and the founder of the zero-waste movement has spoken about DIY projects becoming too impossible to be real.

Newly-Discovererd Herbivore Dinosaur Fossils are Preserved in Opals

06.08.2019 17:09 PM

The fossils represent the most complete dinosaur fossil ever found preserved in opal. (Photo : Phil R. Bell, Tom Brougham, Matthew C. Herne ORCID Icon, Timothy Frauenfelder & Elizabeth T.

Scientists Warn a Prolonged Solar Minimum is Coming

06.08.2019 17:08 PM

Astronomers pointed out that the sun has now gone 15 consecutive days without the occurrence of sunspots.

Wild Bees Are Using Plastics to Build Their Nests

06.08.2019 08:22 AM

When tasked with making their unique nests, Argentina’s solitary bees are now choosing plastic. Wild bees, nesting in Argentinian crop fields, were recently found constructing nests entirely made of the flimsy plastic packaging material left on farms.

Mother Earth Needs Half of Her Land in a Natural State in Order to Survive

06.07.2019 14:23 PM

New science says land conservation must double by 2030 to prevent dangerous warming and unravelling of ecosystems.

Climate Change is Intensely Affecting the Sea's Cold-blooded Creatures

06.07.2019 14:09 PM

Marine animals are more vulnerable to extinction, due to Global Warming, than land animals. As the world's average temperatures creep higher, marine animals are far more vulnerable to extinction than their earthbound counterparts, according to a new analysis of more than 400 cold-blooded species.

Emissions of Methane from Fertilizer Plants are 100 Times More Than Reported

06.07.2019 13:44 PM

On average, 0.34 percent of the gas fuel used in the plants is emitted to the atmosphere Researchers from Cornell University and Environmental Defense Fund have discovered that emissions of methane from the industrial sector have been vastly underestimated.

The Truth About Tiger Farming In Asia

06.07.2019 09:42 AM

Although authorities say that they have shut the practice down, it seems as if the appalling truth about tiger farming in Southeast Asia has just been revealed.

Repeated Evolution of Flightlessness in Dryolimnas Rails

06.07.2019 09:11 AM

Rising sea levels have wiped flightless white-throated rails of the face of the Earth. Some millennia later, the same species have found a way back.

Joe Biden Pitches $5 Trillion Climate Proposal

06.07.2019 08:55 AM

Presidential hopeful, and former VP, Biden is targeting net zero emissions by 2050. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a more than five-trillion-dollar climate proposal that he says would lead the US to net zero emission of carbon pollution by 2050.

How We Can See the Universal Beauty of the Mountains in Graphs

06.06.2019 14:34 PM

There is a universal similarity in the structure of the Earth’s massifs With the use of graphs and fractals, scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow looked at the structure of the massifs of our planet.

Industrialization Slows Down Battle Against Climate Change

06.06.2019 08:31 AM

Some newly industrialized areas are becoming more prone to flooding, even with just a little amount of rainfall.

Underwater Ancient Forest Uncovered After The Storm Hit Wales

06.06.2019 08:30 AM

On May 24, 2019, a great storm hit Wales, exposing an ancient forest. (Photo : Richerman)Petrified tree stump on Borth sands near Ynslas, Ceredigion, Wales.

Germany Plans to Eliminate Coal and Nuclear Power by 2040

06.06.2019 08:29 AM

The plan to eliminate coal-burning plants as well as nuclear means that Germany will be counting on renewable energy to provide 65 percent to 80 percent of the country’s power by 2040.

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