Environment
Grand Canyon’s Waters Contaminated By Mercury And Selenium
The Grand Canyon has been a world heritage site since 1979. Despite the desire to protect it, pollution has permeated its natural features.Findings from a recent U.S. Geological Survey study shows alarming levels of mercury and selenium in the Grand Ca...
Finding Common Flaws In Climate Change Denial Research
A contrarian is defined as "one who takes an opposing view." When trying to denounce the idea of climate change, contrarians often refer to Galileo Galilei, a famed astronomer who often rejected the consensus.Today, 97 percent of experts have reached a...
Frequent Shallow Fracking Threatens Drinking Water
Fracking, a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock, is a controversial process. Opponents of fracking argue that the drilling process could contaminate the water table, but its supporters claim that the practice is carried out at such de...
New Fracking Study Finds Man-Made Earthquakes
A recent study published in Science has gained significant insight into the ways in which fluid injection processes commonly used in the geothermal, oil, and natural gas industries may induce micro earthquakes. There has been a long debate about the potent...
In Spite of Protests, Shell Allowed to Drill the Arctic
Shells' request to start its drilling action in the Arctic Sea was approved by the Obama administration in May, in spite of strong opposition from numerous groups and organizations.However, the decision does not guarantee full freedom of action to the ...
Obama to Save Our Nation’s Waters
President Obama may be remembered in the future for a legacy of environmentalism. His latest plans for limiting pollution in the nation’s major bodies of water and wetlands only add to his push to preserve the environment.The President recently launche...
Ozone Treaty Reverses Skin Cancer Threats For The World
A predicted widespread surge in skin cancer cases in Australia, New Zealand and Northern Europe has been prevented by environmental heroes who fought to save the ozone.
Saving the Ozone Layer
The United Nations came together in 1989 to create a mandate t...
Hawaii Plans to Run Completely off Renewable Energy
Hawaii could become the first state in the USA to generate 100% of their electricity via renewable energy by 2045. This may sound somewhat unachievable, but with the advances in technology it may not sound as crazy as it seems (we went from an airplane to ...
Study: Risk of Species Extinction Increased by Climate Change
One of every six species currently on Earth faces an increased risk of extinction because of climate change. This is according to a study published on May 1, 2015 in the academic journal Science. According to this study, the rate of extinction globally wil...
Global CO2 Levels Reach Highest Ever in Recorded History
The last time planet Earth had so much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was over one million years ago.
In March of this year, the concentration of global atmospheric carbon dioxide reached an average of 400.83 ppm (parts per million). These stats, courte...