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…
By Michael Snyder Why is the mainstream media being so quiet about all of the seismic activity that has been happening all across the United States? During the last 7 days, there has been an earthquake swarm directly along the New Madrid Fault zone, Kansas…
A new analysis of historical seismic data led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that earthquake activity in West Texas near the city of Pecos has increased dramatically since 2009. The study, published Nov. 4 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid…
By Joseph Thomas Under Thailand’s new government, efforts to ban toxic pesticides and herbicides including those made by US agricultural giant Monsanto were first accelerated, and have now finally succeeded. Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul bluntly stated that “the US was…
By Alex Pietrowski It’s already being called the worst oil spill in Brazil’s history, and no one knows where the oil is coming from or how to stop it. First appearing in September, crude oil began washing up on the country’s northeastern beaches, and to…
By Emma Fiala A pipeline carrying tar sands oil into the United States from Canada has reportedly leaked an unknown amount of oil across North Dakota. The pipeline’s owner, TC Energy—formerly known as TransCanada—shut down the pipeline as a result of the leak. TC Energy…
By John Vibes It is estimated that people in the United States alone will spend $2.7 billion on candy for Halloween, and not many of us really think about where that money is going. Unfortunately, many of the companies behind our favorite Halloween candies have…
High levels of traffic exhaust at one’s residence increases the risk of stroke even in low-pollution environments, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and other universities in Sweden. The study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, suggests that it is mainly…
Coal ash is the less notorious byproduct of coal-fired power plants. It’s the residual solid waste that comes from burning coal. While it doesn’t have the same deleterious reputation of its airborne counterparts, tens of millions of tons of ash does end up in landfills…
By Sean Walton Northern California braced for historically powerful winds and widespread power outages as the Kincade fire in Sonoma County raged on, forcing the evacuation of more than 90,000 people. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Saturday began to cut power to 940,000 customers…
By Arjun Walia The Facts: European Union governments recently widened the EU ban on pesticides linked to harming bees after deciding not to renew their approval for Bayer’s insecticide known as thiacloprid. Reflect On: How are these substances constantly approved in so many countries when…
By Elias Marat Coca-Cola has been found to be the top polluter in a global audit of plastic waste released by the Break Free From Plastic NGO. The report, released Wednesday, shows that the transnational soft drink conglomerate is responsible for more plastic trash than…
Exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy to mixtures of suspected endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in consumer products is related to lower IQ in children by age 7, according to a study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Karlstad University,…
The European Parliament has backed new protections for bees, thwarting a move by the EU Commission and national governments to maintain outdated guidelines for how to evaluate the dangers of pesticides. The vote at the Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg aims to ensure that more…
