Browsing the "environment" Tag

Frack Attack

October 29th, 2013 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Controversial Drilling Threatens Pacific Ocean Federal regulators have approved at least two hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, operations on oil rigs [&hellip

Shop with the Planet in Mind

September 24th, 2013 | by Christine MacDonald

Daily Choices Help Counter Climate Change Until recently, we’ve been asked to choose between the economy and the environment. Now [&hellip

Easing Earth’s Rising

September 24th, 2013 | by Christine MacDonald

Suffocating Earth

September 24th, 2013 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Accelerating Amazon Deforestation After more than six years of steady decline, the deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon, which serves [&hellip

Krill Kill

September 24th, 2013 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Core Marine Food Source Faces Depletion Small, shrimp-like creatures that inhabit the world’s oceans, krill are one of the planet’s [&hellip

Garbage Galore

September 24th, 2013 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A Swirling Southern Patch of Plastic Trash The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and North Atlantic Garbage Patch have already been [&hellip

Course Correction

September 24th, 2013 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Climate Science Curriculum Update Millions of young Americans are beginning to learn about climate change and associated science in the [&hellip

Feathered Friends

August 28th, 2013 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Food Shortages Guide Behavior A new report published in American Naturalist by a pair of ecologists, W. Alice Boyle and [&hellip

Scrub Up

August 28th, 2013 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Cleaning the Environment a Step at a Time Unilever, one of the world’s largest consumer product companies, which makes Vaseline [&hellip

Shellfish Solution

August 28th, 2013 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Bivalve Farming May Purify Fouled Waters Scientists are investigating whether mussels can be grown in urban areas as a way [&hellip