Archive for 2019
Wanton deforestation in the Amazon is gathering steam
Last month alone forest loss in the Amazon was 88.4% higher than during the same month last year.
A way to reduce methane from cows lies in selective breeding
A cow produces anywhere between 70kg and 120kg of methane gas, depending on variables like its diet.
To combat climate change, let’s start planting trees. ASAP
Current ecosystems could support an extra 0.9 billion hectares of continuous forest.
In a flood-prone region of Bangladesh gardens go afloat
“If the river didn’t take our land, I wouldn’t need to be here,” says Golam Mostafa Sarder, a teenage boy who is working at a brick factory in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The brick factory requires laborers to work
The illegal wildlife trade is still thriving on Facebook
The Sun newspaper in the UK has found endangered animal being peddled online, including cheetahs, leopards and tigers.
Study: we must cease adding to our fossil fuel infrastructure
Existing infrastructure will emit about 658 gigatons of CO2, depending on assumed lifetimes and utilization rates.