A new study by Columbia University is calling attention to what has been deemed “the other carbon dioxide problem”–ocean acidification.Global warming has long been making headlines, but a new study by Columbia University is calling attention to what has been deemed “the other carbon dioxide problem”–ocean acidification. The phenomenon of ocean acidification occurs when too […]
A major study finds a range of hormone-altering, asthma-triggering chemicals in everyday products, including “green” ones.
Another Colorado town decides that poisoning prairie dogs is the only way the social creatures can be managed.
Gage Skidmore Rick Santorum Tries to Paint Environmentalists as Radicals, Forgetting that Many Catholics–Including the Pope–Support Taking Action on Climate ChangeGOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is perhaps the best example of how far the right wing has fled from scientific reality. At a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, Santorum attempted to portray President Obama’s rejection […]
More Work and More Production Is Being Demanded of Fewer Workers, Taking a Toll on the Environment and Our Collective HappinessMuch of the history of civilization is the story of efficiency, of squeezing more out of an hour of work, largely through the application of technology. Barry Schwartz, in a recent op-ed in The New […]
A neurotoxin found in algae blooms known as BMAA is implicated in degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer’s.
