A new study finds that overconsumption, overpopulation and uncertainty about the future are among the top concerns of those who say climate change is affecting their reproductive decision-making. When deciding whether to have children, there are many factors to consider:…
Fallout from nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s and ’60s is showing up in U.S. honey, according to a new study. Although the levels of radioactivity aren’t dangerous, they may have been much higher in the 1970s and ’80s, researchers…
From being utilized as construction material to biofuel, mushrooms hold incredible potential & could potentially help humanity in getting rid of a problem that is been brewing for quite a long time: Plastic. Since the large-scale manufacturing of plastics started…
More than 300 businesses have signed an open letter calling on the Biden administration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States to at least half of 2005 levels by 2030. That would nearly double a previous target set by former President Barack…
Pristine areas in the Amazon and Siberia may expand with animal reintroductions, scientists say Just 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals and undisturbed habitat, a study suggests. These fragments of…
French lawmakers have moved to ban short-haul internal flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Over the weekend, lawmakers voted in favour of a bill to end routes where the same journey could be made…
The world’s wealthy must radically change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, a report says. It says the world’s wealthiest 1% produce double the combined carbon emissions of the poorest 50%, according to the UN. The wealthiest 5% alone –…
A glacier is surging. Video here Muldrow Glacier, a mountain in Denali, south central Alaska, is moving really quickly in what is called a glacial surge event. The surging glacier is moving at a rate between 50 and 100 times…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A desert city built on a reputation for excess and indulgence wants to become a model for restraint and conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on. Las Vegas-area water officials have spent…
A “first-of-its-kind” study by researchers at Rutgers University and the University of Oslo has found that overfishing is not likely to be causing evolutionary changes and early maturation in the Atlantic cod fish population. The research study is published in…
