Archive for June 2018
Experts: don’t shun nuclear for political reasons
When he witnessed a nuclear weapon detonating for the first time in history on July 16 in 1945, famed nuclear scientist Robert Oppenheimer felt the need to wax lyrical. “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds,” he declared,
Climate change is threatening our morning cuppas
If you like your morning cup of coffee, you are hardly alone. Some 2.25 billion cups of coffee are sipped and gobbled down daily around the planet. Nor are you alone in potentially losing your favorite cups of coffee because
Plastic-eating insects could help save the planet
A solution to the scourge of plastic waste around the planet may come from an unlikely source: worms. Wax worms, to be precise. Federica Bertocchini, a European scientist who is an amateur beekeeper, recently discovered that Galleria mellonella grubs, which are small parasitic creatures
The EU ups its wind power target. Not everyone is happy
Come 2030, the Europe Union will have achieved a 32% target for wind power within the grouping. The new target, which has been raised from the 27%, is part of a newly reached “binding” agreement that compels EU nations to
Saving the planet’s big cats while there’s still time
Big cats are among the planet’s most beloved and most majestic creatures. Sadly, they’re also among its most endangered. Across the planet from South America to Southeast Asia several species of big cat are facing the threat of extinction in
Our wasteful ways have reached the world’s highest mountain
If you live in a city, you know the feeling: all that congestion, pollution and waste are downers, but somewhere out there over the blue horizon a pristine environment free of pollution and our waste still beckons. But does it?