by Beth Holmes | Dec 27, 2021 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Microplastics in the soil may be becoming a worldwide food chain problem, according to the United Nations. On Tuesday, the United Nations agricultural agency the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) released a report assessing plastic pollution in agricultural...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 20, 2021 | Environmental hazards, Resources, Sustainability
Contaminated groundwater puts thousands at risk as the U.S. Navy refuses to cease operations at a perpetually leaking fuel storage facility on water-poor Oahu. The Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility was built in the middle of WW2, inside the ridge of a dead volcano...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 13, 2021 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Heat is expensive, is the not particularly surprising conclusion of a recent study in Phoenix, Arizona by the Nature Conservancy. The Nature Conservancy is a nonprofit environmental organization which funds and maintains nature preserves and studies better ways to...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 6, 2021 | Climate Change, Conservation, Resources
Fungi may be a large key to understanding what can be done about the climate change we are already facing, according to researchers working on a massive project to map the fungal networks of the world. When most of us hear fungus or fungi, we think of mushrooms. But...