(13) Cape Town water crisis.
A drought in the Western Cape province of South Africa began in 2015 and is resulting in a severe water shortage in the region, most notably affecting the city of Cape Town. With dam levels predicted to decline to critically low levels, the city announced plans for “Day Zero“, when if a particular lower limit […]
(12) Here are 6 foods available on future dinner tables .
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(11) China’s plastic waste ban will leave 111 million tons of trash with nowhere to go .
On December 31st, 2017, China put a halt to a lot of the plastic waste that foreign countries like the US sent to its shores for disposal. To calculate the impact of that ban, researchers at the University of Georgia looked at how much plastic waste China imported from 1988 to 2016. They then used […]
(10) What Happens to Recycling After It’s Collected ?
The separation process starts when the truck arrives at the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). The process may vary from place to place, but each MRF has one goal: to separate and recycle different materials so they can be made into new products. Credit: NOW THIS
(9) Fruits and Vegetables Have Become Less Nutritious.
Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today. Modern intensive agricultural methods have stripped increasing amounts of nutrients from the soil in which the food we eat grows. Sadly, each successive generation of fast-growing, pest-resistant carrot is truly less good […]
(8) Pulling fresh water from desert air .
Last October, a UC Berkeley team headed down to the Arizona desert, plopped their newest prototype water harvester into the backyard of a tract home and started sucking water out of the air without any power other than sunlight.The successful field test of their larger, next-generation harvester proved what the team had predicted earlier in […]
(7) The largest head tax passed in U.S. history to help the housing & homelessness crisis.
The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a compromise proposal Monday on the controversial employee head tax that aims to help the city’s affordable housing and homeless crisis. Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez said she negotiated with Mayor Jenny Durkan and her staff on the new amendment, which was unveiled hours before the council vote. Gonzalez says the […]
(6) Fatberg ‘autopsy’ reveals growing health threat.
Fatbergs, the congealed mass of fat and discarded items that are increasingly blocking Britain’s sewers, are the consequence of the plastic crisis in Britain and contain potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria, tests show. The forensic analysis revealed that cooking fat is the biggest contributor to the crisis, making up nearly 90% of the sample. It also […]
(5) Five things YOU can do to HELP the environment.
Going green is easier than you think. There are little things you can do every day to help reduce greenhouse gases and make a less harmful impact on the environment. Taking care of the Earth is not just a responsibility — it’s a privilege. Credit: SCI
(4) Rising ocean waters, scorching temperatures, food scarcity and disease – here’s how humans could ultimately be responsible for the end of the world.
Population growth has been so rapid that there is no real precedent we can turn to for clues about the possible consequences. In other words, while the planet might hold over 11 billion people by the end of the century, our current level of knowledge does not allow us to predict whether such a large […]