These plants showed “extraordinary durability” and may pave the way for extraterrestrial agriculture
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I've gotten exhausted with the ways that convenience culture has shifted what we find acceptable when it comes to waste.
With another COP starting today, and the question of climate change having played no role at all in the Dutch elections recently, and, well, for a zillion different reasons – it seems like a good time to ask the question: what books can help to make people move on this topic? (or if you think […]
But can this make a dent in Earth’s plastic crisis?
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Point Nemo, the most remote location on the planet, is serving as humanity’s cosmic junkyard
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Powerful storms like Hurricane Melissa foment an odd phenomenon called the “stadium effect” at their centers
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Fossil fuel interests are colluding with billionaire-owned media companies to block the UK's transition towards a cheaper and greener future, argues Donnachadh McCarthy
Communities living near mines often bear the brunt of pollution, environmental degradation, and the economic instability brought by boom-and-bust cycles, while end-users and proprietors enjoy the economic and environmental gains.
A lot of people lump all environmental issues under “climate change.” It’s the big bad boogeyman, the easiest to observe, and the first that’s likely to cause catastrophe. This also leads some to think that the problem is relatively easy to deal with. We can simply do aerosol injections into the upper atmosphere, and that […]
Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”
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