Women in their 70s and 80s who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution experienced greater declines in memory and more Alzheimer’s-like brain atrophy than their counterparts who breathed cleaner air, according to USC researchers. The findings of the nationwide study, published today in…
By Patricia Burke In 2013, coinciding with the theatrical release of a new Superman film, Kyle Hill penned an article in Scientific American, “10 Sciencey Stats on the Man of Steel.” [1] For his geek readers, he noted that: Superman is basically a solar panel…
By Luke Miller Aldi is going green with its commitment to replace 12.5 million single-use plastic bags with compostable bags. Starting January 2020, all 139 of its Irish stores will stock 100% compostable eco-friendly bag options. They will produce 3 new bags which include –…
By Bill Wirtz A Popular Choice Solar panels have been heralded as the alternative to fossil fuels for decades. Most readers have likely seen exciting headlines claiming we could power the world’s energy demands multiple times were we simply to cover the Sahara Desert with…
By Amanda Froelich Imagine taking a stroll through the woods and every few feet, finding a piece of discarded plastic. If humanity does not join together and take action to reduce the amount of Styrofoam (polystyrene) that is sent to landfills, the unfortunate scenario may…
By Mac Slavo Conservationists are warning that an ongoing and unnoticed insect apocalypse is a huge concern and should be sending up red flags. On Wednesday, the conservationists called for immediate action by governments, industries, and the public to address a decades-long, human-caused insect “apocalypse”…
By Tyler Durden Almost nine years after the century’s worst nuclear crisis – which by some counts has eclipsed Chernobyl in total radioactive emissions – nearly a thousand storage tanks are scattered across the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, holding a staggering 1.1 million…
By John Vibes The Coca-Cola corporation recently announced that they were able to make a few plastic bottles out of trash that was pulled from the ocean. In a press release, the company said that the creation of 300 sample bottles made from ocean trash…
Tiny threads of plastics are showing up in Pacific oysters and razor clams along the Oregon coast — and the yoga pants, fleece jackets, and sweat-wicking clothing that Pacific Northwesterners love to wear are a source of that pollution, according to a new Portland State…
By Michael Snyder We are witnessing “unprecedented” crop failures all across the United States, but the big mainstream news networks are not talking too much about this yet. As you will see below, local news outlets all over the nation are reporting the disasters that…
By Alanna Ketler The Facts: Styrofoam is harmful to our planet, which is why it’s great to see IKEA switching all Styrofoam packaging products to a compostable mushroom-based alternative. Reflect On: If more sustainable options exist why wouldn’t we implement them now? As consumers we…
By Michael Snyder Experts are warning us that this will be a “freezing, frigid, and frosty” winter, and even though the official beginning of winter is still over a month away, it already feels like that in much of the country right now. Over the…
By John Vibes 26-year old Nigerian inventor Max Chinnah has developed a smokeless stove that can charge cell phones while it cooks. Chinnah says that he plans to send 1,000 of these stoves to farmers in rural Kenyan who have limited access to electricity. Chinnah…
By Amanda Froelich Thanks to an innovative college student, a new formula for road pavement that repairs itself when exposed to rain has been created. For his ingenious rubber recipe, Mexican student Israel Antonio Briseño Carmona won the top national James Dyson Award of 2019….
By Elias Marat Every fall the monarch butterfly population makes its epic migratory journey across the United States, covering trees like leaves as they make their way to the forests of the Mexican state of Michoacán and the eucalyptus- and pine-rich Californian Central Coast. The…
Restoring native vegetation could cut air pollution and costs, study finds Adding plants and trees to the landscapes near factories and other pollution sources could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 percent, new research suggests. The study shows that plants – not technologies…
By John Vibes This week, the British government issued a temporary ban on hydraulic fracturing throughout the country. Hydraulic fracturing is a natural gas extraction method that has become extremely controversial for its environmental impacts. Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth…
By Independent Science News Mackenzie Feldman, Founder of Herbicide-Free Campus has been working to end herbicide use by the University of California campus system. This May, the University announced a ban on glyphosate citing “concerns about possible human health and ecological hazards”. ISN: What events…
By Mayukh Saha A graduate from the University of Sussex has designed a material that turns fish waste into a useful packaging product that is also entirely compostable. Named MarinaTex, the substance is a bioplastic that uses fish waste to make unique sheet material that…
Does having kids make you more responsible for the environment? Actually, it does. If you don’t do something, your children will end up growing in a contaminated world. Hazardous waste sites, as well as industrial facilities, have been infecting the surroundings for decades, which is…
