Logging Fueled Last Year’s Catastrophic Megafires in Australia and Could Spark Repeats
Fires from the Amazon to Siberia engulfed much of the world in 2016, with some areas still experiencing the most burns. This year shows signs…
Environment
As Covid-19 Continues, Deforestation in the Amazon Soars
While the limelight is on in the Covid-1p epidemic, the forests in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are quietly growing. The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian…
Extremely Dark Lunar Eclipse a Millenium Ago Was Likely Caused By a Japanese Volcano
During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow slowly covers the moon. When it is completely covered, the moon acquires a distinct red color due…
April 2020 Tied With 2016 as the Warmest April on Record
The European Union’s climate monitoring network has announced that April 2020 is the warmest April since the record began. This latest announcement adds to the…
Yellowstone Just Experienced Nearly 300 Earthquakes – Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry
With 28 earthquakes in the Yellowstone National Park area last month triggering another round of propaganda about the subterranean boundary of the earthquake-prone “supervolcano” Park,…
The New Satellite Images Show Arctic River Turned Red from Diesel Spill
Newly released satellite images show the extensive damage caused by the 20,000-ton (22,000-ton) diesel spill that occurred in the Arctic Circle earlier this week, which…
The horrific video shows the moment when eight houses around the ground fell into the sea
Eight houses were submerged in a 1,010-meter-wide (2,000-foot-wide) body of water in a sea in northern Norway on Wednesday. Thankfully, no one was harmed in…
The First American Woman to Spacewalk Has Journeyed To the Deepest Point in the Ocean
NASA astronaut and oceanographer Dr. Katherine D (Cathy) Sullivan became the first woman to reach the deepest knowledge of the ocean, breaking records and now…
Anesthetics Can Have a Major Environmental Toll, but Usually Don’t Need To
Environmental consequences may be the last thing on your mind when you are in enough pain to require adequate surgery, but anesthetics work in an…
Global Pollution Maps Show Differences in Air Quality during COVID-19 Lockdown
A newly launched online platform developed by the European Space Agency enables the public user to detect pollutants around the world, including airborne coronavirus lockdowns and…
A 50,000-Year-Old Crater Lake Recently Turned Pink to the Amazement of Scientists
The year 2020 has put another curveball in our path, in the form of a color-changing lake. Lonar Lake is under the influence of a…
Feeding Probiotic Bacteria to Coral Reefs Could Help Protect Them from Bleaching
As the Great Barrier Reef continues to suffer the devastating effects of climate change, researchers have discovered that certain types of friendly bacteria help keep…
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