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But if you think about it, the Earth’s booming human population is at the root of just about every environmental crisis that threatens the natural world. Last October 31, Earth’s population reached 7 billion people (unofficially, because there’s no way to pinpoint the actual day, but it was in the ballpark). Every last one of them taps into the pla… Read More
A mother and her baby elephants enjoying a walk in the Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Even though these elephants are protected, they still face the same threats as other elephants due to climate change. Many projections indicate that the elephant’s habitat will become hotter and drier, which will result in poor vegetation for foraging food… Read More
A brown booby hitching a ride on an Olive Ridley sea turtle near Los Cobanos beach in El Salvador. According to the journal Biological Conservation birds are an excellent indicator for learning the effects of climate change, especially tropical ecosystems. Some birds are particularly susceptible to extreme weather events such as increased rainfall,… Read More
The moon is endlessly creative in finding ways to amuse us. Just two weeks ago, the Earth’s only natural satellite was unusually close to us, and looked bigger and brighter than normal. The result was a Supermoon, which dazzled skywatchers across the U.S. Now its orbit has taken the moon farther away than average, just in time it to pass directly … Read More
If you grew up in the 1950’s and early 60’s, you probably remember the faint air of existential angst that lingered constantly in the background. With the creation of atomic weapons, and the booming stockpiles of missile-mounted bombs in the arsenals of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., it seemed perfectly plausible that an all-out nuclear war could wipe … Read More
That’s 4 degrees Celsius, which is a 7.2 degree Fahrenheit temperature increase to us on the other side of the pond. Greater Manchester, in the U.K., is on the forefront of developing a blueprint for EcoCities in light of manmade climate change, which could mean hotter and drier summers and colder and wetter winters.… Read More
A sunset over the Saudi city of Hail. Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, now wants to become a leader in renewable energy. According to Bloomberg, the country aims to have 41,000 megawatts of solar capacity within two decades, a shift that could potentially save 523,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, in an attempt to pare back on oil… Read More
Researchers say climate change could dramatically change fruit and nut industries around the world as trees like cherries, almonds, apples, and pistachios struggle to adapt to rising temperatures. Above, a pint of fresh cherries in Northborough, Massachusetts. … Read More
A demonstration of the process of carbon capture and sequestration for the proposed PurGen plant in Linden, NJ
