by Beth Holmes | Mar 28, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Information
Early warning systems for natural disasters are the topic of a new UN project, as extreme weather grows more common due to climate change. Early warning systems, like tornado sirens, air quality alerts, hurricane trackers, and fire towers, save thousands of lives. And...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 14, 2022 | Business, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Chemical recycling may be a scam, according to research done by a major environmental group. Chemical recycling is a relatively new method popularized by industry groups as recycling exportation breaks down. It’s a process where plastic is treated with compounds...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 7, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The Great Barrier Reef may not outlast this generation, if conditions don’t improve. A UN climate report released on Monday identified 127 major consequences of rising global temperatures, some of them already happening, some of them irreversible. One...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 28, 2022 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Petropolis, Brazil was devastated this week by landslides, with over a hundred dead. Petropolis is a mountain city in the Serra do Mar range in Brazil, with a population of over 300,000 people 40 miles upriver from Rio de Janeiro. And while landslides are an...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The megadrought in the American West is the worst in at least 1200 years, according to a recent study by UCLA researchers, and human-led climate change is a key part of it. Park Williams, a climate hydrologist at UCLA, has been studying the history of soil hydration...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 14, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
San Javier de Cachaví, a small village in Ecuador, is being choked by oil palm trees, and now the courts want them to pay the plantation owners thousands for protesting the damage. San Javier de Cachaví is small, only about 120 families in a little community along a...
