ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Saving the Environment, One Old Clothing at a Time

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 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.

Recycling is in Crisis

03.05.2019 21:11 PM

The once lucrative trade is now suffering. Recycling has been the answer to the growing problem in environmental safety. The call for environmental awareness has paved the way for the recycling industry to go down to the root of the problem.

Deadly Heatwave is Killing the Ocean

03.05.2019 20:45 PM

Heatwaves hit the worlds oceans likened to wildfire by Scientists. Extreme temperatures are killing the corals, seagrass and kelp and all of these have a great impact on the survival of humanity.

Disney Takes the Lead in Reducing Greenhouse Emissions

03.05.2019 08:58 AM

Disney’s 270-acre 50-megawatt solar facility is now online and providing clean energy for Walt Disney World Resort in Florida getting them one step closer towards the company's green goals to reduce greenhouse emissions.

PE, PP and PS: The most abundant type of microplastics in Mediterranean coastal waters

03.05.2019 08:14 AM

Polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene are the most abundant microplastics in the Mediterranean coastal waters, according to a new study published by the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin

Climate change shrinks many fisheries globally

03.02.2019 07:37 AM

Climate change has taken a toll on many of the world's fisheries, and overfishing has magnified the problem, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Science today.

Ice-free Arctic summers could happen on earlier side of predictions

02.28.2019 09:29 AM

A new study in AGU's journal Geophysical Research Letters predicts the Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in summer by mid-century.

Visualizing the interconnections among climate risks

02.28.2019 08:08 AM

Contributing to the understanding of global warming impacts Socio-economic activities in the present world have become increasingly interdependent because of rapid technological progress, urbanization, and globalization.

More extreme coastal weather events likely to increase bluff erosion, landslide activity

02.27.2019 08:24 AM

Unstable slopes on Oregon's coastline could see a 30 percent jump in landslide movements if extreme storms become frequent enough to increase seacliff erosion by 10 percent, a new study by Oregon State University shows.

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