If you've got millions to spare and want to make space travel history, then now is your chance to book a flight to the International Space Station (ISS) - and perhaps even a spacewalk, too. That's something no private individual has ever done before, according to Tom Shelley, who heads the US company Space Adventures,... Continue Reading →
It’s tempting to draw lines on a map, but we can’t forget that cities should be designed for the people who live there (This is definitely something you'll want to see. Please visit this link (The Guardian) and go through the comic strips. A must read!
Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?
Food waste is a growing problem in Canada and many other parts of the world — and it is only expected to get worse in the coming years. The world population is expected to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050, alongside global food demand. Not only will this create large amounts of food and municipal... Continue Reading →
Here’s how food waste can generate clean energy
At every step of his political career, Joe Manchin helped a West Virginia power plant that is the sole customer of his private coal business. Along the way, he blocked ambitious climate action. GRANT TOWN, W.Va. — On a hilltop overlooking Paw Paw Creek, 15 miles south of the Pennsylvania border, looms a fortresslike structure... Continue Reading →
How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions
US will Soon Face Mass Internal Migration
Persistent extreme drought, drying reservoirs and eventual lack of water will create a crisis of internal migration within the US in the near future as people are driven out of California and the southwest. Source...
Since the start of the 2020s, humanity has faced worldwide calamity after worldwide calamity, all of them raising questions about our survival as a species. The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed millions of lives and not yet finished its rampage. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised the specter of nuclear holocaust, which many assumed has subsided... Continue Reading →
Plastic pollution could make much of humanity infertile, experts fear
Planting more trees is one of a combination of solutions to combating climate change, but some trees are far better than others. Which ones though? Scientists have designed an experimental forest in England to work out the best formula for achieving ambitious tree planting targets. "They've lived for so long; just think what they've seen."... Continue Reading →
1,000-year-old oaks used to create ‘super forest’
Are we eating our way into climate crisis? The global food system is responsible for between 21 and 37 percent of annual emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Roughly half of the world’s land surface is used for agriculture, and 96 percent of the world’s mammalian biomass is either human... Continue Reading →
Reinventing meat to stave off climate crisis—and the next pandemic
Apollo Beach, Florida, is a maze of canals lined with hundreds of houses perched right near the water’s edge. The whole community, just south of Tampa, is only about 3 feet above sea level, meaning it’s at risk from storm surge as sea levels rise. Homebuyers along the U.S. coasts can check each property’s flood... Continue Reading →
Coastal home buyers are ignoring rising flood risks, despite clear warnings and rising insurance premiums
Satellite imagery showing the recent "complete collapse" of the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica sparked fresh alarm over the climate emergency on Friday. "While humans are killing humans, and governments are spending on weaponry as if there is no tomorrow, the environment is collapsing—so that there will be no tomorrow," said former Greek finance... Continue Reading →
‘The environment is collapsing’: an ice shelf the size of Los Angeles just broke off of Antarctica
What are the issues with lithium extraction? Mining the source spodumene for lithium is an intensive process requiring heavy machinery, toxic chemicals, and large amounts of water. This process has a direct effect on the local environment as it requires earth removal and the creation of tailing dams for contaminated water. And even worse, as... Continue Reading →
