Unfortunately, the lifestyles of around three average American citizens make enough carbon emissions that can kill one person. What’s more, the emissions from one coal-fired power plant will likely result in more than 900 deaths, found the first analysis that calculated the mortal cost of CO2 emissions. This new research […]
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Researchers Design a T-shirt Fabric which Lowers Body Heat & Protects the Wearer from High Temperatures
A team of researchers from China made a fabric able to cool down the body by 5 degrees C and may be of aid with the rising temperatures we’re faced with. This “metafabric” is the brainchild of scientists from different parts of China. It looks like a usual T-shirt material, […]
Norway Says Goodbye to the Last Arctic Coal Mine & Plans to Transform the Land into a National Park
Norway stopped coal mining operations in the Arctic back in 2017 and now they’re cancelling the last mine, piece by piece, with the end goal to transform the entire area into a national park that will be twice the size of Wyoming’s Grand Teton. They want to make the Svalbard […]
Meet these Female Conservationists Rewilding the Mangroves in Cambodia
Unfortunately, mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming rate in Cambodia and these female conservationists who live there are trying to change things. When storms trigger the waves, mangrove forests are the first defensive line for the coastal communities who live in the tropics. But, climate crisis has increased the […]
Tree Corps Has the Perfect Green Job: Planting Trees in Low Income Neighbourhoods
Without doubt, trees are essential for neighbourhoods’ resiliency, health, and temperature. Sadly, they’re not equally distributed everywhere. But, this new initiative wants to improve things. Namely, some US neighbourhoods that were redlined in the past, that is, racist maps marked them as risky for home loans because of the people […]
Japan Announces their Pledge to Go Carbon-Neutral by 2050
Japan, the third largest economy in the world, has joined to the list of other countries that have pledged to go carbon-neutral in the future. The country’s PM Suga Yoshihide who was recently appointed announced their ambitious goal of going carbon-neutral by 2050. Although other similar goals have been announced […]
Pakistan Combats Massive Unemployment by Hiring People to Plant 10 Billion Trees
Despite the numerous challenges that this period of uncertainty and loss has brought for people worldwide, others have been focused on compassion, renewal, and persistence to go through this pandemic. One such optimistic view comes from Pakistan. Namely, the PM Imran Khan made the initiative from 2018 10 Billion Trees […]
Ocean Farms to Grow Rice Using Saltwater Are Now Being Developed by Agrisea
Did you know that 2/3 of the planet’s surface is covered with water? But, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh and almost 70 percent is intended for agriculture and takes up around 50 percent of the planet’s land. However, with the serious problems like soil degradation and climate change, […]
Green Sand May Help Catch Billions of Tons of CO2
Project Vesta’s ongoing experiment will be spreading a green mineral on beaches where its interaction with the waves may help pull carbon from the air. The non-profit, on a beach in the Caribbean, will soon start their testing of a radical method that may be of aid in the fight […]
Here’s How Climate Change Is Harming Pregnant Women
For more than a decade, evidence has linked polluted air and exposure to heat with negative pregnancy outcomes in the US, says a new review of several studies. The investigation which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found 57 studies as of 2007 that showed a […]