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What Is the True Cost of Eating Meat
Food and farming is one of the biggest economic sectors in the world. We are no longer in the 14th century, when as much as 76% of the population worked in agriculture – but farming still employs more than 26%…
Climate Change Threatens Kelp Forests With Invasions of Weeds
The devastating consequences climate change is already having on coral reefs is well known, but now scientists have discovered that yet another unique marine ecosystem is threatened by rising carbon dioxide levels. A paper published in Ecology this month based…
Report Finds Global Climate Legislation Slowdown Since 2015 Paris Agreement
The place of global climate change legislation has “slowed significantly” since the Paris agreement was formulated in 2015, CBS reported Thursday. This slowdown follows decades of legislative growth, and raises potential concerns about signatories’ commitments to honor their Paris pledges…
Hawaii Becomes First US State to Ban Sunscreens Harmful to Coral Reefs
Coral reefs and sunshine keep tourists flocking to Hawaii but add sunscreen to that holiday mix and the result can be serious damage to the marine environment that makes the islands so attractive to visitors in the first place. This…
Air Pollution Inequality Widens Between Rich and Poor Nations
Pollution inequality between the world’s rich and poor is widening, according to the latest global data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) which shows that 7 million people – mostly in developing nations – die every year from airborne contaminants.…
Personal Care Products as Dangerous for the Air as Car Exhaust, Study Finds
People’s efforts to keep themselves clean are actually making the air dirtier, at least in Boulder, Colorado. A study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences (CIRES) found that emissions…
To Power Villages And Oil Rigs, Russia Sent A Nuclear Reactor On A “Tsunami-Proof” Barge
If the world is going to end, why not have it be for a ridiculous, insane reason? Like, say, building nuclear power plants on top of a barge and sending it floating up to the Arctic? Well, that one’s real.…