Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Global Groundwater Extraction a “Ticking Time Bomb”
October 4th, 2019New Zealand: Council in Drought Prone Canterbury Consents to Foreign Company Extracting 40 Billion Litres of Water Via: Cosmos Magazine: A glimpse into the sustainability of global groundwater extraction for rivers, streams and lakes in the next few decades has revealed a worrying picture. The hydrological model, published in the journal Nature, shows that in […]
Man Spends 30 Years Regenerating Farmland Into Amazing Forest
October 2nd, 2019Via: Happen Films:
Plastic Apocalypse: Alarming Levels Of Plastic Found In Children
September 19th, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: The study, conducted by the German Environment Ministry and the Robert Koch Institute, found an alarming 97% of blood and urine samples from 2,500 children tested between 2014 and 2017 had traces of microplastics. Der Spiegel, the German weekly magazine, published the findings over the weekend, which were part of a national study […]
Plan to Kill Off Mosquitoes Backfires Spectacularly, Making the Disease-Carriers Even More Resilient
September 18th, 2019Imagine my shock. And Now: “Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Join The Fight To Stop Zika Virus” Woman Behind Effort to Stop Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Found Dead in Swimming Pool Via: New York Post: Life has found a way. In what sounds like the plot to a Syfy channel original movie, a plan to curb […]
Magnesium: Mineral Content of Vegetables Has Declined 80–90% Last 100 Years
September 14th, 2019This is from 2018. Via: Nutrients: Magnesium is a critical mineral in the human body and is involved in ~80% of known metabolic functions. It is currently estimated that 60% of adults do not achieve the average dietary intake (ADI) and 45% of Americans are magnesium deficient, a condition associated with disease states like hypertension, […]
Worms Fail to Thrive in Soil Containing Microplastics
September 14th, 2019Via: Guardian: Worms fail to thrive in earth containing microplastics, new research has shown, adding to the growing body of evidence of impacts from the increasingly widespread contaminants on the natural world. The rosy-tipped earthworm, Aporrectodea rosea, is one of the most common found in farmland in temperate regions. Scientists found that worms placed in […]
Japan May Be Forced to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Water Into the Pacific
September 10th, 2019Via: U.S. News and World Report: Radioactive water from Japan’s destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant may have to be dumped into the ocean, the country’s energy minister reportedly said Tuesday, igniting concern and anger from nuclear safety experts and Japan’s neighbors in the region. The electric utility overseeing the crippled power plant, Tokyo Electric Power […]
Mystery Surrounds Lost German Sea Data Station
September 7th, 2019Via: BBC: A massive environmental monitoring station off Germany’s Baltic coast has disappeared from the seabed, baffling police and researchers. The seabed “observatory”, worth about €300,000 (£270,000), weighed more than half a tonne. It could not have been dragged off by a storm, tide or large animal, German experts say. Divers only found a torn […]
Island of 50,000 People in the Bahamas Is 70% Under Water
September 5th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: An island in the Bahamas that’s home to 50,000 people is 70% under water after Hurricane Dorian battered it with record force for two days, according to the government. There are “still many outstanding rescue missions,” on the island of Grand Bahama, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Kevin Peter Turnquest said, in […]
Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands After Hurricane Dorian: ‘Total Devastation. Apocalyptic.’
September 4th, 2019Via: USA Today: The death toll from Hurricane Dorian reached seven and was expected to climb in the Bahamas on Wednesday as rescue teams raced the clock to provide food, water, medicine and shelter to thousands left homeless by the devastating storm. The sun shone brightly over the beleaguered archipelago, revealing the overwhelming destruction across […]
