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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
