ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Japan Resumes Whale Hunting After 31-Year Ban

POLICY 07.05.2019 08:19 AM

Whaling has been a Japanese tradition for centuries and was particularly important post-World War II to feed the country's poor. Now, the government wants to revive the whaling industry despite growing disinterest in whale meat among Japanese.

Global Warming Could Possibly Release Century-Old Diseases

07.04.2019 08:37 AM

Long-dormant bacteria and viruses, trapped in ice and permafrost for centuries, are reviving as Earth's climate warms.

Australian Stingless Bees Build Nests in Amazing Spiral Shape

07.03.2019 21:32 PM

When one cell is completed, workers move onto another, building new cells outward and upward in a spiral pattern.

How Cutlery Evolved into a Major Environmental Threat

07.03.2019 21:01 PM

Plastic eating utensils are everywhere, and most of them are used only once. Billions of forks, knives, and spoons are thrown away each year. But like other plastic items such as bags and bottles-cutlery can take centuries to break down naturally, giving the plastic waste ample time to work its way into the environment.

Only 5 Years to Save the World from Climate Change, Warns Harvard Scientist

07.03.2019 09:06 AM

People have the misapprehension that we can recover from this state just by reducing carbon emissions.

Scientists Hope to Revive the Northern White Rhino Species Through In Vitro Fertilization

07.02.2019 10:21 AM

Scientists had preserved frozen sperm samples from several males that they now hope to use to revive the species.

What Trendy Balloon Releases Do to the Planet

07.01.2019 08:51 AM

The environmental advocates are now raising awareness about the dangers of using balloons. (Photo : Artturi Mäntysaari ) More than 18,000 balloons, balloon strings, and other balloon pieces were picked up along the Great Lakes shorelines in Detroit from 2016 to 2018.

Eco-Friendly Bathrooms Is The Current Trend

06.29.2019 11:23 AM

Is it possible for a bathroom design to help save the environment? It looks like eco-friendly designs are the latest trend in bathroom construction.

Caterpillar Spreads and Threatens Agricultural Industry in China

06.29.2019 11:15 AM

Caterpillar Spodera trugiperada is now starting to ravage China's crops specifically the country's maizes. Upon its arrival in China last January, different parameters have been developing in order to control it including experimentation on its predators.

New Species of Shipworm Found in the Philippines Surprisingly Eats Rocks

06.29.2019 11:12 AM

Rock as food sounds a really odd thing of course for us, humans, but for other living things it's a source for nutrients. It may seem odd but some animals do eat rocks to live such as birds that use gizzard as storage to aid their digestion.

Single Vermont Bill Prohibits Usage of Four Major Single-Use Plastic Waste Sources

06.28.2019 10:28 AM

Vermont has joined the environmental effort with restrictions on using shopping bags, drinks tears, straws, and for him for food packaging has been implemented.

Oceans Start to Slow Down on Carbon Dioxide Absorption

06.28.2019 10:15 AM

The changing method in CO2 absorption might affect the ocean's ability to buffer climate change.

How Trees Affect the Weather

06.27.2019 10:00 AM

Biologists from the University of Utah including William Anderegg, Anna Trugman, and David Bowling have led new research and discovered that some trees and plants are prolific spendthrifts in drought conditions, "spending" precious soil water to cool themselves and, in the process, making droughts more intense. The researchers published their findings in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

These Ancient Mounds Might Not Be the Earliest Fossils on Earth in the End

06.27.2019 09:58 AM

Tiny mounds touted because the earliest ossified proof of life on Earth may be twisted rock. Found in 3.7-billion-year-old rocks in Gronland, the mounds powerfully check conic microbic mats known as stromatolites, researchers according in 2016.

Monarch Butterflies In Captivity May Never Migrate

06.27.2019 09:57 AM

The Monarch Butterflies of North America remains to be one of the most iconic species of butterflies, but new research shows that those grown in captivity may never learn to migrate.

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