Mountaintop Mining is Responsible for a 40% Reduction in Aquatic Biodiversity
Appalachian mountain streams are alive with life, trickling down over boulders and surrounded by wildflowers and ferns. They are home to some of the world’s…
Environment
Tropical Rainforests are the World’s Most Biodiversity Ecosystems
Tropical rainforests have the greatest diversity of biodiversity of any environment on the planet. They support a diverse range of plants, animals, fungus, and other…
Fairmat creates a new Material based on Recycled Carbon fiber Composite
Fairmat is a new French firm aiming to enhance the recycling process for advanced composite materials. The company intends to create new materials from waste…
The Advantages of Restoring the World’s Depleted Peatlands Now, Rather than Later, would be Enormous
According to a recent study, restoring the world’s depleting peatlands now, rather than later, would have huge economic advantages for society. For the first time,…
What Causes Mercury to End Up in the Ocean?
Mercury is a toxic heavy metal that travels around the world in various forms through the atmosphere, water, and soil. Because of this natural cycle,…
Climate Change is Dimming the Earth’s Light
Global dimming is the observed decrease in global direct irradiance at the Earth’s surface since systematic measurements began in the 1950s. The effect varies by…
In the 1960s, the US Government was Planning on Nuking Alaska
In the 1960s, America devised a massive plan to nuke a large portion of the country. In a technical sense, it still does. Nuclear weapons…
Explorers have finally descended into Yemen’s Fabled “Well Of Hell”
The Well of Barhout, sometimes known as the “Well of Hell,” is a natural sinkhole in Yemen that has been the subject of fantastic narratives.…
Climate Change is to Blame for those Giant Explosive Craters in Siberia
In recent years, the depths of Siberia have been scarred by an increasing number of massive craters formed by explosive gases bursting beneath the surface…
5,000 People Evacuated as Lava from La Palma Volcano Eruption Destroys Homes
A violently erupting volcano on La Palma, Canary Islands, has forced thousands of residents to flee their homes and destroyed scores of structures. According to…
China Announces it will Stop Financing Coal-Fired Projects Abroad
China has decided that it will no longer finance or construct coal-fired power facilities in other countries. President Xi Jinping made the words during his…
Nuclear Waste and Toxic Pathogens could be released by Melting Arctic Ice
According to a report published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, the permanently frozen land, known as permafrost, that is thawing in the Arctic…
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