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11/12/2021
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By Mary Villareal
COVID-related plastics pollute the world’s oceans, study reveals
A recent study published in the journal PNAS calculated for the first time how much waste in the form of single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) ended up in the oceans since the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began in 2020. “The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastics that intensifies pressure on an already out-of-control […]
11/03/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Oat prices reach record high amid droughts
Prices for oats and grains are up nearly 150 percent over the last year due to extremely dry weather in key growing regions. The drought was estimated to cut U.S. oat production by up to 40 percent, with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) saying this year’s oat crop was the smallest on record at only 40 million bushels. […]
10/06/2021
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By Mary Villareal
NEW BOOK: Julian Cribb talks about how chemicals are killing people in, “Earth Detox”
Book author Julian Cribb reminds people of the Anthropocene – the age in which human actions occur at a scale that changes the Earth and its systems. “Ours is a poisoned world, its system infused with the substances we deliberately or inadvertently produce in the course of extracting, making, using, burning, or discarding the many […]
09/30/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Climate alarmists hype sea level rise by 2050, claim it could be 50 times greater than actual data
Climate alarmists are hyping articles that greatly exaggerate claims by California “experts” that the state’s future coastal sea-level rise by 2050 could be 3.5 feet. The coastal sea level rise prediction by the state’s experts is based on the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change computer climate model scenarios. It ignores the coastal seal level rise […]
09/28/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Spain bans the use of plastic wrap for fruits and vegetables
Spain is the latest country to zero in on the battle against plastic pollution. It is now banning the use of plastic wrap for fruits and vegetables being sold in supermarkets. Plastic-wrapped products will be banned in Spain beginning 2023, according to a decree being drafted by the Ministry for Ecological Transition. A ministry spokesperson said […]
09/23/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Brazil coffee crops shrinking due to droughts and frosts, leading to shortages
During a normal year, Brazilian coffee farmers should be filling warehouses with the world’s biggest harvest of coffee beans by September. This year, however, the crop is so small, the long lines of trucks that used to queue for cargo have disappeared. Brazil is found to have harvested nearly 40 percent less arabica coffee compared to […]
09/23/2021
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By Mary Villareal
RED ALERT: Semisopochnoi volcano in Alaska expected to erupt soon
Strong volcanic eruptions have hit the Canary Islands and Iceland in the past year. Now, a “major eruption” is also marked as imminent at an Alaskan volcano. According to volcanologists, a major volcanic eruption is to be expected at Semisopochnoi on Unyak Island in western Alaska. Seismic observations on the island show increasing eruptive activity. Scientists have […]
09/20/2021
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By Mary Villareal
“Exceptional” drought stressing crops in American West
Governors from ten U.S. states recently called on the Biden administration to declare a drought disaster following the intense summer heat and record-breaking wildfires in the west. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data showed that the pasture and range conditions in the American West have been declining for some time, which is alarming considering that pasture […]
09/13/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Ancient and green: Study suggests billion-year-old green algae is the ancestor of all plants on the planet
Scientists discovered fossils of what may now be considered to be the oldest green algae known to science. The seaweed, named Proterocladus antiquus, was said to have lived about a billion years ago. Despite its size (about 2 millimeters in length), the algae had a big role: it was able to produce oxygen through photosynthesis, possibly making […]
09/10/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Potomac River contains “astronomical levels” of forever chemicals, studies say
Citizens in Washington, D.C., are exposed to toxins in their daily lives, and the government is consistently looking the other way. In late July, the District of Columbia’s Statehood Green Party sent a letter to the Director of Washington D.C. Department of Energy & Environment, Tommy Wells, warning him of unregulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) […]
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