by Admin | Jun 21, 2019 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
A new study from the University of Arizona may have important implications for managing water resources. Groundwater pumping over the last century, the researchers say, has contributed as much as 50 percent to stream flow declines in some U.S. rivers. How has this...
by Admin | May 10, 2019 | Conservation, Sustainability
You might not know it, but birds—and especially tropical birds—have “comfort zones,” too. And members of the same bird species can have drastically different responses to deforestation depending on how close to their comfort zone they live. According to research from...
by Admin | May 6, 2019 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
You’ve probably already heard the news: A UN assessment has shown the full price of humans’ impact on biodiversity and nature, and the news is not good. A full one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. The BBC has a particularly good...
by Admin | Mar 6, 2019 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Among climate change deniers, there has long been this idea that scientists aren’t certain about what’s causing the rapidly escalating global warming occurring on this planet because they’re not 100 percent sure. But science is never 100 percent sure about...
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...
by Admin | Dec 21, 2018 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
We all do it: when we’re tired after a long day at work, or when we just don’t want to cook, we order take-out food. And with all that tasty goodness comes packaging. And with all that packaging comes a problem: waste. Lots of waste. A group of scientists from the...
