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Plastic: The threats of oceans and coasline Take a look around you- most of what we eat, drink, or use in any way comes packaged in petroleum plastic– a material designed to last forever, yet used for products that we then throw away. Each year, humanity pours six million tons of plastic into the sea. The oceanographer … Read more
Actress and Co-Founder of The Honest Company, Jessica Alba becomes the global ambassador of WWF’s Earth hour 2013, the world’s largest mass participation event that has become the iconic symbol of people’s commitment to protect the planet. Earth Hour, which World Wildlife Fund helped start in 2007, has grown from a one-city initiative to a 7,001-city/town … Read more
EU countries will vote on plans to ban bee killing pesticides. Spain, Germany and the UK are threatening to block the ban, under the pressure of the chemical lobby. Not a single bee has never sent you an invoice. And that is part of the problem – because most of what comes to us from … Read more
Only 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears remain in the wild, living in Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and the United States. Leading polar bear scientists believe that two-thirds of the world’s polar bear populations will be lost by the year 2050. More than 400 polar bears are needlessly exploited, hunted and killed annually to supply the … Read more
Amplified greenhouse effect shifts North’s growing seasons An international team of university and NASA scientists examined the relationship between changes in surface temperature and vegetation growth from 45 degrees north latitude to the Arctic Ocean. Results (published in the journal Nature Climate Change) show temperature and vegetation growth at northern latitudes now resemble those found … Read more
University of Michighan unveiled “Generation”, its solar car for “The World Solar Challenge“, the biennial solar-powered car race which covers 3,021 km, from Darwin to Adelaide. The race has a 20-year history spanning nine races, with the inaugural event taking place in 1987. The objective of the competition is to promote research on solar-powered cars. … Read more