By Kat Kerlin Spanning six years and seven seagrass meadows along the California coast, a paper published today from the University of California, Davis, is the most extensive study yet of how seagrasses can buffer ocean acidification. The study, published today in the journal Global…
By Josh Anusewicz Efforts to shift from petrochemical plastics to renewable and biodegradable plastics have proven tricky—the production process can require toxic chemicals and is expensive, and the mechanical strength and water stability is often insufficient. But researchers have made a breakthrough, using wood byproducts,…
By Matthew Jones, University of Bath and Jack Payne, University of Bath It’s impossible to imagine everyday life without plastics. Lightweight, durable and cheap, these materials outperform many others in a diverse range of applications. Plastics have brought about positive change in ways we often…
by Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Bald eagles, as well as other wildlife, have been succumbing to a mysterious neurodegenerative disease in the southern United States since the 1990s. New research by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Germany and the University of Georgia, U.S., identifies the…
By Elias Marat In the rural countryside of Indonesia, one elderly man is taking it upon himself to rehabilitate a landscape ravaged by mismanagement. Indonesian land defender Sadiman was once viewed suspiciously as a madman by his fellow villagers in the hilltops of Central Java,…
By Patricia Burke When a portion of the population became injured and/or disabled by the imposition of “smart” utility meters within the last decade, many advocacy groups began calling for decision-makers to adhere to the Nuremberg Code. The question of the Code is arising again…
By Common Dreams After a six-year halt, Colombia plans to restart the toxic aerial spraying of glyphosate on coca crops as early as next month—drawing “most welcome” support from U.S. President Joe Biden and sharp criticism from 150 regional experts who wrote to Biden, “your…
By Justin MacLachlan Not all heroes wear capes, or suits, Wall Street Bets investors have spent some of their gains on donations for endangered animals including – gorillas, turtles, wolves, and elephants. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent helping endangered animals by users…
By Nick Perry Just after dawn, Tolstoy lumbers into view. A wandering giant, with tusks almost scraping the earth, this great elephant has roamed beneath Mount Kilimanjaro for nearly 50 years. He has survived ivory poachers, spear attacks and terrible drought, but the mighty bull…
By Patricia Burke This past week, we counted down the 5 days leading up to Spring Equinox Stop 5G Global Protests. Engaged activism is mounting, worldwide, opposing the forced deployment of “5G,” and telecommunications, military, and surveillance infrastructure; including towers and antennas installed near homes,…
By Patricia Burke There are unresolved issues about blanketing low earth orbit (LEO) with satellites, in order to provide wireless telecommunications, surveillance, data, market competition, investor opportunities, resource acquisition, economic growth, and military activities, from space. As we count down to the March 19, 20th…
By Neenah Payne The failure of the grid and renewable energy in Texas during a cold snap last month shows the danger of relying on the grid and on solar energy or wind power. In Texas, where winter is usually not colder than the low…
By Patricia Burke There are unresolved issues about blanketing low earth orbit (LEO) with satellites, in order to provide wireless telecommunications, surveillance, and military activities from space. As we count down to the March 19, 20th Global Protest actions, coinciding with the Equinox, we’re looking…
By Patricia Burke There are unresolved issues about blanketing low earth orbit (LEO) with satellites, in order to provide wireless telecommunications and surveillance, from space. In Part 1, we looked at the fact that “there are no trashcans in space.” “NASA scientist Donald Kessler warned…
By Michail Georgiou, Glasgow Caledonian University and Sebastien Chastin, Glasgow Caledonian University We know that people are more likely to experience mental health disorders in areas with greater population density. Overcrowding, pollution, urban violence and less social support may all be contributing factors, and this…
By Tyler Durden An alarming health disaster could be in the making as it’s being widely reported this week that radioactive dust has been sweeping out of the Algerian desert and broader Sahara region across the Mediterranean. Further, scientists say the ominous sounding “radioactive Saharan dust” is…
Humans are carbon-based life forms and they live in a carbon-based world while using carbon-based sources of energy to build a carbon-based economy. The Great Reset/Green New Deal, aka Technocracy, is anti-human and anti-civilization. ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor Patrick Wood By Lorraine Woellert…
By Mayukh Saha The strait of Messina is the submarine bridge that separates Sicily from the peninsular region of Italy. It has recently been observed that the Messina Strait area has the world’s largest density of ocean floor littering. The density of marine litter in…
By Mayukh Saha What are microplastics? How are they generated? What impact do they have on the environment and human health? Can it be eradicated from the planet? These questions have started haunting the human mind and we need immediate answers to them. Consequently, well-organized,…
Today, the Delaware River Basin Commission voted unanimously in favor of new regulations that will ban fracking in the Delaware River basin. The Biden administration’s representative to the commission abstained from the vote. For a decade, the grassroots anti-fracking movement has pushed for a ban…
