Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Coming Soon: Climate Lockdowns?
February 4th, 2022I’ll leave this here, just in case… Via: The Hill: The past two years have been a checklist for the worst impulses of government and public sentiment. COVID allowed for supposedly temporary measures to morph into two years of “emergency” restrictions. But what if COVID was only the opening act, and another proclaimed crisis is […]
NASA Scientists Estimate Tonga Blast at 10 Megatons
January 19th, 2022Via: NPR: NASA researchers have an estimate of the power of a massive volcanic eruption that took place on Saturday near the island nation of Tonga. “We come up with a number that’s around 10 megatons of TNT equivalent,” James Garvin, the chief scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, told NPR. That means the […]
Microplastics Contaminating Food and Drinks May be Fueling a Dramatic Rise in Bowel Diseases
December 31st, 2021Via: Study Finds: Microplastics may be the reason some people are more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease, a new study warns. Researchers at Nanjing Medical University found higher quantities of these microscopic plastic particles in the feces of people with IBD than in their healthy peers. The study notes that people regularly ingest these […]
More Icebreakers Coming to Aid Russian Arctic Ships
December 12th, 2021Via: Eye on the Arctic: Never before at this time of year have so many vessels been rescued out of the ice, says Russia’s nuclear icebreaker operator Rosatom. The Arktika will join three other nuclear-powered icebreakers that already are busy escorting ships across the increasingly icy waters. The Vaigach has for the past weeks been […]
North American Fertilizer Shortage
November 25th, 2021Via: Guardian: A global shortage of nitrogen fertilizer is driving prices to record levels, prompting North America’s farmers to delay purchases and raising the risk of a spring scramble to apply the crop nutrient before planting season. Farmers apply nitrogen to boost yields of corn, canola and wheat, and higher fertilizer costs could translate into […]
Bill Gates and the Uncertain Future of Food Security
November 1st, 2021Via: Off-Guardian: As we approach a winter of discontent and Global food systems go from bad to worse, there’s trouble in paradise. At the root of these problems, Government responses to COVID-19 have contributed to a six-fold increase in famine-like conditions as global supply chains collapse, and field trials for gene-edited crops and farm animals […]
A Global Fertility Crisis – Dr. Shanna Swan
October 20th, 2021Via: After Skool: Book: Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race by Shanna H. Swan and Stacey Colino
Mexico Phasing Out Imports of Glyphosate and GMO Corn
August 9th, 2021Via: The Counter: On December 31, 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed a decree that could enable Mexican farmers to reclaim their livelihoods within their home country. The order calls for the phase-out by 2024 of two pillars of American agribusiness: glyphosate and genetically engineered (GE) corn, particularly corn grain consumed as part […]
France Fines Monsanto for Illegally Acquiring Data on Journalists, Activists
July 29th, 2021Via: AFP: France’s personal data protection agency on Wednesday fined US firm Monsanto for illegally compiling files of public figures, journalists and activists with the aim of swaying opinion towards support for its controversial pesticides. The firm, now owned by German chemical giant Bayer, failed to inform the people on the watch lists compiled in […]
Dubai Makes Its Own Rain to Tackle 122F Heat
July 21st, 2021Via: Daily Mail: The United Arab Emirates is creating its own rain using drones that fly into clouds and unleash electrical charges to beat the sweltering 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius) heat. The rain is formed using drone technology that gives clouds an electric shock to ‘cajole them’ into clumping together and producing precipitation. […]
