Heat Waves Put Kids Lives’ in Danger
July has seen record-high temperatures and a spate of high school athlete deaths.
Record Temps Put Kids Lives’ in Danger
July has seen record-high temperatures and a spate of high school athlete deaths.
Cyanide Fishing
Dear EarthTalk: I heard of a practice called cyanide fishing, which is used mostly to collect aquarium specimens, but I understand it is also used to catch fish we eat. Isn’t this very unhealthy?
Consumer Culture
Dear EarthTalk: I don’t hear much about the environmental impacts of our consumer culture any more, but it seems to me that our “buy, buy, buy” mentality is a major contributor to our overuse of energy and resources. Are any organizations addressing this issue today?
Semana del 7/8/11
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Según lo que entiendo, “Los Canjes de Deuda por Naturaleza” son convenios mediante los cuales los países pueden borrar deuda al conservar la tierra. ¿Se están haciendo estos días?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Me he enterado de algo llamado la Red de Cafés Ecológicos. ¿Qué es esto y qué están tratando lograr para el ambiente?
Watching (Out for) Sharks
Shark Week Reminds Us of the Perilous State of the World’s Favorite Predators This week is Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” and millions of Americans will tune into the annual broadcast, which features shows like “How Sharks Hunt” and “Great White Invasion.” This year, Shark Week is advertised to be more “action-packed” than ever, and the […]
Wunderlist
Save paper–and your sanity–with the organizational power of Wunderlist. Life is too busy to worry about remembering to bring your hastily scribbled notes and lists with you everywhere you go or having to scramble around your office in an attempt to find out what happened to that important Post- it note you swear you stuck […]
Which Ice Sheet Was It?
Courtesy of NASA. What the Antarctic Ice Sheet Can Tell Us About Sea Rise to ComeDuring the last warm period on Earth, the world’s oceans were almost 20 feet higher than what they are today thanks to the melting ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Most of the scientific community assumed that the Greenland Ice […]
Cleaner Cars Ahead
New fuel economy standards of 54.5 mpg by 2025 promise to cut oil consumption from vehicles by 40%.
Europe Aims for Higher Carbon Cuts
Could Europe achieve emissions reductions of 30% of 1990 levels by 2020? Early data suggests ‘yes.’ Leaders of the European Union (EU) agreed in 2007 to commit their countries to a carbon emissions plan that would reduce emissions to 20% of 1990 levels by the year 2020. It was a bold move, and one that […]