Archive for 2018
Microbeads are bad for the oceans. Let’s stop using them
A global ban on plastic microbeads will be needed to help save the oceans.
Study: community engagement is key in wildlife conservation
A study in Tanzania has confirmed just how important community engagement is in successful conservation.
Turning e-waste into dust? It’s possible
Could we make all e-waste disappear, as if into thin air? We might be able to do just that.
The first electric scooter sharing services land in Europe
Standing electric scooters have arrived in the first European cities.
Arctic’s ‘thermokarst’ lakes may spike methane, CO2 release
Climate scientists are underestimating the methane released from the Arctic permafrost, according to new research from U.S. and German scientists who warn that “abrupt thawing,” a less-understood feature of Arctic melting, may dramatically increase the greenhouse gases released into the
Hong Kong’s troubles with trash serve up a warning to us all
If you want a cautionary example of wasteful human activities run amok, look no further than Hong Kong. It’s not that residents of the Chinese territory are more wasteful than others in the developed world. Rather, it’s that they have