Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Hay preocupaciones de salud o ambientales con las ampolletas LED, que luego podrían reemplazar a las fluorescentes compactas como el tipo de bombilla preferido desde un punto de vista ecológico?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué es la “deriva de pesticidas’ y debería preocuparme?
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that many air fresheners contain toxic chemicals. Are there any green-friendly, non-toxic air fresheners out there, or how can I make my own?
In the warming Arctic Ocean, newly forming cracks in the sea ice are releasing surprising levels of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, according to a new study conducted with funding from NASA and other institutions. Scientists have long known that melting permafrost allows gas trapped in the soils and ocean sediments to be released into […]
It Might Be Closer than You ThinkIf every American family improved their household energy performance and installed solar panels, we’d go a long way toward zero carbon emissions. Solar panels on a majority of houses at one time seemed unattainable—it was simply too great an investment, with too long a payback time. But with new […]
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuáles son los coches híbridos y/o totalmente eléctricos más eficientes en combustible disponibles en la actualidad? (mencione sólo los menos caros, por favor!)?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cómo es que las represa dañan a los ríos?
Lawsuit Aims to Protect the Parrotfish, the Deep Sea Cleaning CrewRecently, conservation groups sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect coral reefs by allowing the overfishing of parrotfish, a colorful fish species that spends its days munching algae off of the underwater, polyp-covered structures. If you’ve ever owned a goldfish (and we […]
Dear EarthTalk: What is “pesticide drift” and should I be worried about it?
LED light bulbs may be the best choice out there right now but they do not come without their own environmental and health concerns.
This week will mark the second anniversary of the explosion at BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling platform, which led to the largest oil spill in US history. In the immediate aftermath of the spill, researchers marvelled at the ability of bacteria to consume the oil and natural gas that stretched across the gulf in a 22 […]
Antibiotics, available over-the-counter at farm supply stores, are typically added into livestock feed to promote growth and prevent illness in crowded, unsanitary living conditions. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): “With these agricultural production uses, typically no disease is present and no outbreak is anticipated to occur. These drugs are given to […]
