ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Sea-Cans Turned to Homes: Lower Carbon Footprint

DESIGN 03.09.2019 08:10 AM

Turner has spent around $700,000 to have four shipping containers converted into a fully functioning house.

Official Calls-Out Recycling Done Wrong

03.09.2019 08:04 AM

Segregating trash items at home can use some more practice as more and more non-recyclable items get thrown into recycling bins.

Single-Use Plastic Ranks in Philippine Waste Audit

03.08.2019 09:30 AM

In an audit, single-use plastics produced by manufacturers for packaging alone put the Philippines in an environmental nightmare.

Climate Change Hits Australia and Changes Forests

03.08.2019 09:29 AM

Australian forests and vegetation is suffering from shorter breaks between uncontrolled fires brought about by climate change.

Scientists Found Bacteria That Eats Pollution Out

03.08.2019 09:26 AM

These microorganisms impressively eats pollution while generating energy in the process. In Heart Lake Geyser basin in Yellowstone National park, scientists discover microorganisms that could possibly put an end to the world's problem in pollution.

Biological diversity among plant species helped through special microbes

03.08.2019 08:29 AM

Plant biodiversity increases through special microbes The significance of genetic diversity in agriculture can never be undermined. The diversity of crop plants in specific areas prevents pathogens in wiping out all species.

Wildlife Survives Only When People Eat

03.08.2019 08:28 AM

Discovering that the real threat in wildlife conservation isn’t poaching, it’s human survival. In a village in Kenya, farmers are threatening to kill a large number of wild animals who are intruding into their farms and destroying their crops, unless authorities take hold of the situation.

Microplastic Pollution Is Killing Us, Slowly

03.08.2019 08:10 AM

New Research study says that microplastic pollution is found just about anywhere in the world. The world undeniably thrives despite pollution, but according to new studies, microplastic pollution has contaminated the lakes and rivers in UK, the groundwater in the US and the waters along the coast of Spain and China.

Saving the Environment, One Old Clothing at a Time

03.08.2019 08:08 AM

There is one way to help save the environment and that is the proper disposal of unwanted and discarded old clothes.

India Tops Poll in World’s Most Polluted

03.07.2019 09:11 AM

New Delhi, India is the world’s most polluted cities in the world in 2018 survey. The Greenpeace Report states that New Delhi in India took 22 of the top 30 spots in the survey conducted by the agency.

Oil Spill Threatens to Reach UNESCO Protected Site

03.07.2019 09:10 AM

On February 5, cyclone Oma pushed MV Solomon Trader off its course causing an oil spill that could possibly destroy UNESCO protected site, East Rennell.

Problems in Water Supply and Demand could Lead to War

03.07.2019 08:33 AM

Here are possible problems that can arise from water shortage, the major global issue experienced by over three billion people.

California Extreme Flooding and Drought Gets Worse

03.07.2019 08:20 AM

This is bad news and it only gets worst as global warming worsens. After suffering for months of the harshest winter recorded in the Golden State's history, most news centers in California are reporting that it is receiving greater than normal amounts of precipitation in the last few days that it has in 40 years.

Australia Targets 2021 for First Ever Waste-to-Energy Plant in the Country

03.06.2019 17:42 PM

The private sector and the government come together to work on a solution for Australia's landfill problem coming up with their decade long project, a waste-to-energy plant.

Seabird Deaths Culprit Points to Balloons

03.06.2019 08:00 AM

More seabirds die because of the accidental ingestion of floating marine debris, soft plastic like the pieces of a balloon being one of the most detrimental.