by Admin | Jul 25, 2019 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Paris is experiencing record-breaking heat waves. It reached 90 degrees in Anchorage, Alaska last month, for the first time in recorded history. Heat waves in the UK and the United States are breaking records. Glaciers are melting more rapidly than ever before. Amidst...
by Admin | Jul 12, 2019 | Climate Change, Information
While it’s not exactly shocking news that climate change denial is rife in the Trump administration, sometimes the sheer hubris of Trump officials in their censorship of scientific press releases just slaps you in the face. One such case came to light recently: a...
by Admin | Jul 5, 2019 | Climate Change, Sustainability
If you remember your high school biology, you’ll recall that plants breathe in carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. Of course, they don’t breathe quite the way humans do. Botanists have known for more than 100 years that plant leaves have pores called stomata, and they...
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 23, 2019 | Climate Change, Conservation
A group of British scientists wrote to the top 100 wealthiest charitable organizations and people in the United Kingdom and pled for them to help protect the environment and fight climate change. According to the letter’s authors, less than 3 percent of charitable...
