by Admin | Aug 3, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Since early May, rural northern Botswana has seen more than 350 elephants die. The first cluster, of 169 individuals, was reported in the broad Okavango Delta, where over 15,000 elephants roam. Since then, the number has doubled, and is likely higher, since elephants...
by Admin | Jul 27, 2020 | Climate Change, Conservation
With just a few exceptions, observed climate data only goes back to around the 1880s. That’s roughly when scientists more or less agreed on how to measure the large elements of climate (temperature, weather conditions, humidity, wind strength, and so forth) and how to...
by Admin | Jul 13, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Information
It sounds a little like the prologue to a disaster movie: a biotech company is planning to release 750 million mutant mosquitoes into the Florida Keys and it just got the green light from the government. But this isn’t Bites, the next summer B-movie. It’s a public...
by Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Conservation, Information
The anti-electric vehicle crowd has always been down on the energy-saving benefits of stepping away from internal combustion engines. Their claim is that electric vehicles (EVs) are more expensive in terms of energy overall when you factor in manufacturing,...
by Admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Environmental hazards
A new study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and other European institutions, published in the end of February 2020, indicates that humans, on average, are losing three years of life expectancy due to outdoor air pollution. With the world as...
