by Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Conservation, Information
The anti-electric vehicle crowd has always been down on the energy-saving benefits of stepping away from internal combustion engines. Their claim is that electric vehicles (EVs) are more expensive in terms of energy overall when you factor in manufacturing,...
by Admin | Mar 20, 2020 | Conservation, Sustainability
Since the early 1990s, businesses that have been levied fines for irresponsible polluting have been able to reduce their penalties by supporting Special Environmental Projects (SEPs), clean-world projects unrelated to their environmental infractions. Cleaning streams,...
by Admin | Feb 28, 2020 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
In early 2017, the Svalbard seed vault made news when a troublesome flood threatened its irreplaceable stash of seeds. Buried in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic Ocean and well above the Arctic Circle, the cold temperatures there are...
by Admin | Sep 16, 2019 | Climate Change, Conservation
Researchers at the University of Southern California have made a discovery that may bring hope for the world’s corals. Thus far, things have looked pretty grim for corals. About half of the world’s corals have been lost due to warming seas that make their world...
by Admin | Sep 6, 2019 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Resources
According to a report published by researchers at the University of British Columbia, three new viruses have been discovered in endangered Chinook and sockeye salmon populations. One of those viruses is from a group never before shown to infect fish. It’s not entirely...
by Admin | Jun 28, 2019 | Conservation
New research from the University of Vermont shows that domestic honeybees may be transmitting viruses to wild bumblebees. This may be one of the primary reasons for the decline of many species of wild bumblebees. These viral infections are moving from managed bees in...
