Category: Environment

A Plan To Deal With Excess CO2 in the Environment: Scientists In Iceland Turn Co2 Into Rock In Almost No Time

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A Plan To Deal With Excess CO2 in the Environment: Scientists In Iceland Turn Co2 Into Rock In Almost No Time
Scientists in Iceland Turn CO2 Into Rock, May Herald A New Era In Combating CO2 in the Atmosphere And Thus Global Climate Change Scientists in Iceland may have stumbled on a method for storing CO2 underground in rock, in such a way that it is unlikely to escape at some point in the future In what many are hailing as a potential silver bullet to the problem of excess CO2 in the atmosphere that is driving global climate change, a project in Iceland known as CarbFix has been in the works since 2007 and is now bearing fruit.… Read the rest

New Environmental Threat: Ocean Dead Zones Threaten To Eradicate Oxygen

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New Environmental Threat: Ocean Dead Zones Threaten To Eradicate Oxygen
Ocean Dead Zones Much Worse Than Previously Thought–Vast Regions Devoid Of Life Could Soon Be The New Normal Stephen King wrote a novel called “The Dead Zone” in 1979, but the horrors he imagined are nothing compared to a new dead zone that scientists are only just now beginning to grapple with. These zones of death are areas of the ocean where the oxygen has been so depleted due to climate change and the warming of the water that life cannot continue to function there as it has for millions of years.… Read the rest

Banning The Ban: Colorado Supreme Court Rules Communities Not Allowed To Enact Local Bans On Fracking

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Banning The Ban: Colorado Supreme Court Rules Communities Not Allowed To Enact Local Bans On Fracking
Fracking, Yes, People No: So Says Colorado Supreme Court, Bans The Use Of Local Bans On Fracking If you have ever wondered just how far the legal framework has progressed that favors business interests over those of the people, you need look no further than Longmont, Colorado. The Colorado Supreme Court has struck down a local ban on fracking in the city of Longmont, determining that the corporations’ interest in pulling gas and oil out of the ground supercedes any interest local people might have in breathing clean air, drinking clean water, and not having their tap water ignite in flames as it pours from the faucet.… Read the rest

Is The Age Of Clean, Plentiful Water Over? The US Could Be On The Verge Of A Water Crisis That Would Dwarf Flint

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Is The Age Of Clean, Plentiful Water Over? The US Could Be On The Verge Of A Water Crisis That Would Dwarf Flint
Water Shortages, Water Contaminants: The US May Be On The Threshold Of A Frighteningly Dry Era Infrastructure. It is a word that gets tossed around a lot in election years. But it is an inherently boring word, and not a lot of people really even understand what it means. Infrastructure certainly isn’t a “sexy” vote-getter in an election year, as politicos say.… Read the rest

Leaders Sign While Rome Burns: World Leaders Gather In New York To Sign COP21 Agreement. Already Beyond 2°C Limit

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Leaders Sign While Rome Burns: World Leaders Gather In New York To Sign COP21 Agreement. Already Beyond 2°C Limit
Fiddling While Rome Burns–Along With The Rest Of The World: Leaders Sign COP21 Doc, Meanwhile Temps Already Surpassing Agreed-Upon Threshold. World leaders gathered in New York last week to ratify the COP21 agreement that was hammered out in Paris four months ago, in what many are calling a futile gesture to cap off a toothless and meaningless agreement that is little more than show.… Read the rest

What’s Your Fracking Problem? New York State Has One: 17 Foals Born With Rare Birth Defect May Be Linked To Fracking Fluids On Site

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What’s Your Fracking Problem? New York State Has One: 17 Foals Born With Rare Birth Defect May Be Linked To Fracking Fluids On Site
Fracking May Be Related To A Cluster Of Foals In New York State Born Stillborn Or With Rare Genetic Disorders A cluster of rare birth defects and stillborn foals at a horse breeding facility in the Southern Tier of New York has many crying foul over the possibility of fracking chemicals tainting water supplies. So far 17 foals have been identified with the inability to swallow, also known as dysphagia, and the site’s owner believes fracking could be to blame.… Read the rest

Global Warming Is Making It Nicer In Winter; So Americans Unconcerned, According To New Study

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Global Warming Is Making It Nicer In Winter; So Americans Unconcerned, According To New Study
New Study Indicates More Pleasant Winter Weather Inoculates Americans From Global Warming Alarm Growing up in the northern part of the United States, during the dead of winter–those long, dark, cold gray days–when you catch an occasional sunny, warm day, you rejoice. The joke is that weather which in the summer would have you scrambling for your hoodie and long pants will get you running around in shorts and a t-shirt in January.… Read the rest

Genetically Modified Canola Produces More Omega-3s–But Causes Deformities In Butterflies

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Genetically Modified Canola Produces More Omega-3s–But Causes Deformities In Butterflies
GMO Canola And Camelina Produces Alarming Deformities In Butterflies. Its getting harder and harder to keep up with all the chemicals that are sprayed on our food sources. Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide has been in the news lately as scientists learn more and more about the damage it can do to humans and the ecosystem as a whole. Same with pesticides; the more we learn about neonicotinoids and the harm they do to pollinating insects, birds, and humans, the more people are sounding the alarm around the world.… Read the rest

What The World Might Look Like After A Nuclear Disaster: Chernobyl 30 Years On

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What The World Might Look Like After A Nuclear Disaster: Chernobyl 30 Years On
A Snapshot Of A Post-Disaster Renaissance: 30 Years After Chernobyl It’s obviously a scenario anyone but a madman would dread: dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear accident. Five years after the Fukushima disaster, scientists are still grappling with the long-term consequences. But as horrific as that catastrophe was–and will likely continue to be for generations to come–we do have one other extant example of what the world or at least a small part of it might look like in the wake of a nuclear disaster.… Read the rest