Tagged: Environment

60 Scientists Want to Block the Sun: Solar Geoengineering Facts

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 8 months ago

Scientists Discover Birds Lied About Being Related To Dinosaurs

Via: outis • News & Politics • 3 Comments • last year

It's s-o-o-o-o sad...

Experts warn invasive hammerhead worms secrete "nasty toxin" and can be a foot long. Here's what to know. - CBS News

Via: perrie-halpern • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 2 years ago

Microplastics found in fresh Antarctic snow

Via: gullivers-island • Environment/Climate • 0 Comments • 3 years ago

"The most likely source of these airborne microplastics is local scientific research stations," researcher Alex Aves wrote in the journal, Cryosphere. Oh.

The Mystery of the World's Loneliest Penguins | WIRED

Via: perrie-halpern • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 4 years ago

The Supreme Court, Gundy v. United States, and the administrative state: The conservative justices may paralyze the Biden administration.

Via: thomas • News & Politics • 14 Comments • 5 years ago

Gray parrots separated at zoo after swearing a blue streak - ABC News

Via: flynavy1 • News & Politics • 33 Comments • 5 years ago

George Carlin - Saving the Planet

Via: it-is-me • Op/Ed • 7 Comments • 6 years ago

7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Other • 298 Comments • 7 years ago

7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support? By Andrew D. Hwang Humans are the most populous large mammal on Earth today, and probably in all of geological history....

Mercury is an overlooked component of air pollution. Here are 5 offenders, and some ways to clear the air.

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 8 years ago

Warnings about mercury in fish and seafood have gotten plenty of attention in recent years. But where does all that mercury come from in the first place? Apparently, the largest sources of...

Business Insider: "Elon Musk just threatened to leave Trump's advisory councils if the US withdraws from the Paris climate deal"

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 53 Comments • 8 years ago

Elon Musk and Donald Trump. AP/ Evan Vucci Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he would leave President Donald Trump's advisory councils if the US withdrew from the Paris Agreement. Trump is...