by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Electric vehicles, or EVs, are the center of a lot of debate about carbon emissions and consumer needs. It’s pretty obvious that replacing traditional combustion engine cars with EVs would do a lot to help reduce emissions. In fact, one study found that replacing...
by Admin | Aug 19, 2016 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Human activity has been impacting the environment for as long as there have been humans. From our prehistoric ancestors hunting species to extinction, to modern carbon levels, pretty much everything we’ve done has had an impact. An example of this is shown by recent...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2016 | Articles, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Agriculture and ecology form a tenuous balancing act. We need agriculture to grow food, but we also need to maintain ecosystems and not let farming ruin them. One significant problem is soil runoff near the beginning of the growing season. In the United States, for...
by Admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Articles, Green Energy, Sustainability
It’s a fact of life that people need electricity, but generating it is often harmful to the environment. Moving forward, we need to find more ways to generate power that have less of an impact on the world around us. That’s where hydropower comes in. One form of green...
by Admin | Jul 7, 2016 | Conservation, Sustainability
Private equity firm KKR has announced an investment in Resource Environmental Solutions (RES), a leader in the ecological solutions market. KKR hopes to stimulate RES’s growth and help it develop as a company that contributes to society. RES’s environmental...
by Admin | Jun 15, 2016 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Microbial creatures living in the world’s oceans are an important part of those ecosystems. Studying the ocean’s microbial life will help us understand the ocean’s ecosystem. Research of this type could lead to interesting discoveries in a number of fields. However,...
