Dozens of Birds Fall From Sky Shrieking and Bleeding From Eyes in Mass Death Mystery

July 23, 2019 Environment

By Elias Marat In a horrific incident witnesses described as a scene “like something out of a horror movie,” around 60 birds died in Australia earlier this month after falling from the sky shrieking in pain and bleeding from their eyes and beaks. The birds, which belong to a protected native species—the long-billed corella—are thought […]

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‘Legacy’ Mercury Pollution Still Contaminating New Jersey Meadowlands Waters

July 23, 2019 EnvironmentHealth And WellnessNatural Health NewsNatural Living

“Legacy” mercury pollution from decades ago and miles away is an important source of contamination in New Jersey Meadowlands waterways, according to a Rutgers-led study that could help guide cleanup efforts. The study in the Journal of Hazardous Materials identified upper Berry’s Creek and its tributary, Peach Island Creek, in Bergen County, as major sources […]

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Population Has Already Doubled in 2019 for One of New Zealand’s Rarest Birds

July 22, 2019 EnvironmentVideo

By Amanda Froelich Great news! The population of New Zealand’s most endangered forest bird species—the orange-fronted parakeet—just doubled. Before the 2019 hatching season, there were only 100-300 individual parakeets and now, though the season is far from over, there are already over 150 new chicks. GoodNewsNetwork reports that the parakeets are known as kākāriki karaka […]

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Scientists Warn That 2,000 Firefly Species Are Facing Extinction

July 21, 2019 Environment

By John Vibes Over the past few years, many insects have been disappearing all over the world. There have been small warning signs along the way to illustrate this massive reduction of the insect population, but it doesn’t seem like anyone is paying attention. One obvious sign is that we rarely have to clean off […]

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Extremely Dangerous Heat Wave Will Impact 200 Million in the US This Weekend

July 19, 2019 Environment

By Dagny Taggart It is currently 93 degrees in my neck of the woods, and we are being warned that with the heat index, daily temperatures could warm up to 110 degrees. We are under an “excessive heat warning” through Saturday evening. If you live in the Central or Eastern US, chances are you are […]

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Heat Stroke: A Doctor Offers Tips to Stay Safe as Temperatures Soar

July 18, 2019 Environment

By Gabriel Neal, Texas A&M University I easily remember laughing at Wile E. Coyote trying to catch the Road Runner while watching Saturday morning cartoons as a child. I can still see the Coyote walking slowly through the sweltering desert, sun high in the sky, sweating, tongue-hanging-out, about to collapse from heat, hunger and thirst. […]

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4 Sustainable Practices That Will Make Big Changes!

July 17, 2019 EnvironmentFood FreedomHome And Garden

By Sara Tipton Whether we are climate change activists or skeptics, we can all agree that we should all be doing our part to leave our Earth in the best condition possible. Sustainability isn’t always the easiest thing to accomplish considering our consumerist lifestyle in the U.S., but we’ve come up with four things that […]

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‘Intensive’ Beekeeping Not to Blame for Common Bee Diseases

July 17, 2019 EnvironmentFood FreedomHealth And WellnessHome And GardenNatural Living

More “intensive” beekeeping does not raise the risk of diseases that harm or kill the insects, new research suggests. Intensive agriculture – where animals or plants are kept crowded together in very high densities – is thought to result in higher rates of disease spreading. But researchers from the University of Exeter and the University […]

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Printable Material Could Lead to Cheaper Solar Panels and Electronics

July 17, 2019 Environment

Imagine printing electronic devices using a simple inkjet printer — or even painting a solar panel onto the wall of a building. Such technology would slash the cost of manufacturing electronic devices and enable new ways to integrate them into our everyday lives. Over the last two decades, a type of material called organic semiconductors, […]

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Oilfield Wastewater Disposed Underground Induces Stronger Earthquakes

July 16, 2019 EnvironmentNatural Living

Virginia Tech scientists have found that in regions where oilfield wastewater disposal is widespread — and where injected water has a higher density than deep naturally occurring fluids — earthquakes are getting deeper at the same rate as the wastewater sinks. Perhaps more critically, the research team of geoscientists found that the percentage of high-magnitude […]

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Natural Enemies Combat Pests Effectively Unless Surrounded by Conventional Farms

July 16, 2019 EnvironmentFood FreedomGMONatural Living

When cabbage looper moth larvae infest a field, sustainable growers will often try to control the pests by releasing large numbers of predators, such as ladybugs. That way they can avoid spraying expensive and environmentally harmful insecticides. Still, farmers have mixed results when they supplement their fields with beetles or other predators vs pesticides. A […]

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Army Corps Admits to Dumping Toxic Water Into Florida Estuaries Without Telling Public

July 15, 2019 EnvironmentVideo

By John Vibes Last week, during a meeting of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, an Army Corps of Engineers official admitted that the agency has been dumping toxic water from Lake Okeechobee into local estuaries without any warning to the public. For years, this has been an open secret among the area’s residents, who […]

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Chevron Has Spilled 800,000 Gallons of Crude Oil and Water Into a California Canyon Since May

July 15, 2019 Environment

By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch California officials ordered Chevron Friday “to take all measures” to stop a release that has spilled around 800,000 gallons of water and crude oil into a dry creek bed in Kern County, KQED reported. The order, issued by the new acting head of the state’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) Jason Marshall, also […]

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The Number Of Global Earthquakes Is 3 Times Above Normal – 6.1, 6.6, 7.3 + Dozens More Hit The Ring Of Fire Over The Last 48 Hours

July 14, 2019 EnvironmentPreparedness

By Michael Snyder Within the last 48 hours we have seen large earthquakes going off like firecrackers all along the Ring of Fire.  As you will see below, a magnitude 6.1 quake just hit Japan, a magnitude 6.6 quake just hit Australia and a magnitude 7.3 earthquake just hit Indonesia.  And of course all of […]

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What To Do If It’s Too Late and You Can’t Evacuate Before a Hurricane

July 14, 2019 EnvironmentPreparednessVideo

By Daisy Luther What if something happens and you CAN’T evacuate before a hurricane? What if it’s too late to evacuate before the storm makes landfall? While it’s easy to say, “Oh, they should have left earlier” and run through the gamut of blame, the fact remains that there are all sorts of reasons that […]

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Ticks Spread Plenty More For You To Worry About Beyond Lyme Disease

July 12, 2019 EnvironmentHealth And Wellness

By Jerome Goddard, Mississippi State University When it comes to problems caused by ticks, Lyme disease hogs a lot of the limelight. But various tick species carry and transmit a collection of other pathogens, some of which cause serious, even fatal, conditions. In fact, the number of tick-borne disease cases is on the rise in […]

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5G Threatens Weather Forecasting

July 12, 2019 5GEnvironment

By Renee Parsons It comes as no surprise that the American public remains oblivious to a not-so-slight glitch in the 5G Race with China as the US strives to be the first, the best and most technologically advanced country in the world with its guarantee of a Brave New World.  But then, many Americans are […]

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This Berlin Company Is Turning Coffee Grounds Into Recycled Reusable Cups

July 11, 2019 EnvironmentNatural LivingVideo

By Mayukh Saha We all know how our oceans are choking from plastic. This is a menace which seems to have no end! Single-use plastic is one of the most time-consuming things to get rid of, yet their use doesn’t seem to slow down. So what does a boy from Germany do to save the […]

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Monoculture Farming with Pollinator-Dependent Crops Threatens Food Security, Study Suggests

July 11, 2019 EnvironmentFood FreedomGMO

New research suggests that global trends in farming practices are undermining the pollinators crops depend on and putting agricultural productivity and stability at risk, particularly in some Asian and South American nations A multinational team of researchers has identified countries where agriculture’s increasing dependence on pollination, coupled with a lack of crop diversity, may threaten […]

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Dutch Company Reveals An Electric Car That Charges Itself With Sunlight

July 11, 2019 Environment

By Arjun Walia The Facts: A Dutch company has unveiled an electric car that charges itself via solar power. Reflect On: How long have solutions to our problems existed? Is finding the solutions the problem, or have they been here for a long time? If we have the solutions readily available, then what’s the problem […]

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