Tag: environment
Religious material promoting humanity as stewards make Christians care more about the environment
Do as the good book says!
Our social brains handle environmental issues poorly — “You can’t kiss and make up with the environment,” researchers say
"Terms like 'eco-friendly' or 'green' encourage the view that objects, behaviors and decisions with these labels are 'good' rather than ...
New process could capture CO2 and make it coal again
"Poetic justice" comes to mind.
Urban areas can do a lot to support bees and other pollinators, new study concludes
"Plant more flowers!" -- scream the bees.
WHO says tackling climate change will reduce infectious diseases and save millions of lives
Countries need to account for health in all cost-benefit analyses of climate change mitigation.
New deep-water microbes have the skills to help fight climate change
Unexpected but not unwelcome!
We’re watching a ‘horror story’ in which the casualty is Earth’s wilderness
Only 23% of the world can now be considered wilderness.
Mining cryptocurrencies consumes as much energy as mining precious metals
More evidence that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have a negative environmental impact.
Arctic plants are getting taller due to climate change — which could fuel more climate change
Well, this is an unusual problem to have.
Somalian Jihadist movement bans plastic bags to protect the environment
This sure took a strange turn.
Study weighs environmental costs of producing animal proteins so you know what to buy
Now you know exactly what your purchases do.
Judge orders EPA head Scott Pruitt to demonstrate science behind climate change denial
A judge has ordered Pruitt to do his job -- finally.
Avoiding eating meat and dairy is the single best thing you can do for the environment
The bottom line? Eat less meat!
Scientists find new shrew species in Philippines — in a special “sky island”
The small shrew acts as a tiny cog in a very complex and special environmental mechanism.
Study analyzes the environmental impact of chocolate production — and it’s not pretty
No one's saying you shouldn't eat chocolate, but at least you should be aware of its impact.
As cities grow, we must bring the forest into our midst — or pay up
I, for one, welcome our new sylvan neighbors.
A new Iron Curtain is falling over Europe — a “coal curtain”
A coal curtain is falling over the Old Continent.
Humanity killed off mega-herbivores — but climate change might warrant bringing them back
Turns out eating all the mammoth wasn't that good of an idea.
Our ignorance is much more deadly than our evil, despite what blockbuster movies show you
Another unrealistic apocalypse standard promoted by Hollywood.
Win-Win: Eat healthy for yourself but also for the environment
If you want to do the environment and yourself a favor, just eat healthily. There will be fewer emissions and ...
Humanity gets its second Warning: We’re crippling the planet
We need to take corrective measures fast or we risk losing the only home we've ever known.
Science confirms: Spending time in nature really does help your mind
All nature helps, but rural and coastal areas more so than urban parks.
Increasingly fragmented habitats may spell doom for the giant panda
Apart from this, the species is continuing its recovery.
The 2017 Earth Overshoot day is here almost a week earlier than last year
That's, ugh, not good.
New study maps Europe’s regional carbon footprints, helps us understand how to reduce emissions
Think global, act local.
Farms could slash pesticide use without losing any yield or money, new study finds
More and more evidence is piling up against the use of pesticides.
Half of the world’s species could become extinct by 2100, biologists say at Vatican conference
Welcome to the planet's sixth major extinction -- take a seat.
Study found human habitation promoted forest growth in British Columbia over the past 13,000 years
These trees shellfishly used the First Nations' trash to grow.
First biological function of mercury discovered
Purple Non Sulfur Bacteria may play a role in reducing the amount of methyl-mercury in the oceans by converting it ...
These are the greenest countries in the world
Get it together, world - the top 10 greenest countries in the world are all European! The greenest countries The ...
Ski slopes fail to recover even after 40 years
Ski slopes (runs) are an environmental bane, as more and more studies are beginning to show. Even after 40 years ...
State politics affect greenhouse gas emissions
It seems rather obvious to me, but there was a lot of debate regarding how a country's politics affect its ...
25,000 Mexican Fisherman Sue BP Over Environmental Disaster
Five years after the British Petroleum catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, Mexican fishermen have still not received any compensation, ...
Good News: Tiger Numbers in India up From 1,400 to 2,226 in 7 Years
After a continuous decline in numbers, tigers are finally getting some good news. Indian authorities have announced that the number ...
City of Hamburg to build public green spaces atop of noisy highway and become car free in 20 years
Three public parks will cover an Autobahn (highway) that passes through the city of Hamburg, in Germany. The 8,000-mile road network ...
Children are cleaning up an oil spill in Bangladesh – with their bare hands
On 9 December 2014 an oil spill occurred at the Sela river of Sundarbans, Bangladesh, a UNESCO World Heritage site. ...
Sad, but Expected: The Climate Talks in Lima have Failed
This month, a silent drama unfolded in Peru's capital, Lima: representatives of UN countries have debated for two weeks in ...
Ecuador indigenous leader killed just days before environmental Peru Protest
An indigenous leader of the Shuar people who was openly opposing a major mining project in Ecuador has been found bound ...
For the First Time in Modern History, the Aral Sea’s Eastern Basin has Gone Dry
The Aral sea, as it was in 1989 (left), and how it is now (2014). Image credits: NASA. The Aral ...
Sobering Aerial footage of the Mount Polley environmental disaster
The Cariboo Regional District has released troubling video of what can already be called a full-scale environmental disaster following the ...
Does a green roof on a bus really make sense?
Greening the urban environment is not only pleasant to look at - it's a necessity! But as cool as planting ...
Children no longer connected with nature
Just 1 out of 5 children in Britain are still connected to nature, and there's no reason to believe that ...
Ecuador To World: Pay Up To Save The Rainforest. World To Ecuador: Meh.
The government of Ecuador has abandoned a plan that would have kept part of the Amazonian rainforest off limits to ...
How roads could help protect the environment instead of destroying it
Rapidly expanding road networks are causing massive direct and indirect damage to forests but proper infrastructure planning and implementation could ...
Biochar stoves could save millions of lives, improve soil and air quality
Open-fire stoves represent the biggest domestic environmental threat today, killing 3.5 million people a year—more deaths than caused by malaria ...
China braces for intensifying smog
Remember how a few days ago, the entire media and popullation of China was outraged by the smog covering a ...
Beijing pollution seen from outer space – before and after pics
A few days ago I was telling you about the drastic state of pollution taking place in China these days ...
Global warming? Sea otters to the rescue!
Growing populations of hungry sea otters can become one of our powerful allies in the fight against global warming; why? ...
Mexico promises green climate law
Mexico, one of the biggest countries in the world, has followed suit with neighboring California and wants to adopt the ...
