by Admin | Jun 14, 2019 | Climate Change, Information
According to new research from Georgia State University, the timing of hurricanes is one of the primary factors influencing its impact on the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile Virus, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. Researchers from Georgia State, and...
by Admin | May 17, 2019 | Conservation, Information
Today—May 17, 2019—is Endangered Species Day, a day where conservation efforts to protect the United States’ endangered species and their habitats are recognized and observed. On this day, we should also cast our view wider, as scientists at the Smithsonian Institute...
by Admin | Apr 11, 2019 | Articles, Environmental hazards, Information
According to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health, about 4 million children all around the world develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollution. Written by researchers at the George Washington University Milken...
by Admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Information
It’s interesting what happens when people look at a place with new eyes. When West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown went to the African nation of Namibia, they planned to study volcanic rocks. But before they could get started on their...
by Admin | Jan 9, 2019 | Climate Change, Information
A new study from the University of Bristol in England has shown that the Greenland Ice Sheet emits tons of methane. How? Apparently it’s all about the critters that live under the ice sheet. According to the study’s lead author, Guillaume Lamarche-Gagnon of the...
by Admin | Jan 4, 2019 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards, Information, Sustainability
2018 was definitely not the best year ever for the environment, or for environmental activists. But, as Earth Island Journal pointed out in its roundup of 2018’s hot stories, there are some glimmers of hope appeared amidst all the bad news. Here are a few items the...
