Gold, platinum, and rhino horn are among the world’s most valuable materials, with rhino horn being the most expensive. According to National Geographic Magazine, late in 2011, it fetched from $33 to $133 a gram on the streets of Vietnam. Samuel Wasser, a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle’s Department of Biology, described… Continue reading Dye and poison is being used to stop rhino poachers
The rise in worldly emissions obtained a new height in 2022, despite record growth in renewable energy production. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) described the UK’s current climate efforts as ‘worryingly slow’. The CCC warned that the government is less confident in reaching its target than a year ago, due to a trend of lower… Continue reading Is the UK backtracking on its climate targets?
So, where does this vicious cycle take us? Since 1970 the bellowing echo haunting billionaire corporations and oil companies concerning the future of the planet has mass-accumulated generations of voices. Before the internet became so prominent, forms of manipulation were regularly used to discard accusations of harmful usage of the planet’s resources. The facade of… Continue reading A word on global warming
Worldwide, air pollution is second only to tobacco as the leading cause of lung cancer. Delhi customarily sits atop lists of the world’s most polluted capitals, made worse by pollution season commencing earlier than usual this year on account of lower rainfall. The problem worsens in winter, when farmers living in neighbouring states burn crop… Continue reading Pollution is causing smokers’ lungs in Delhi
Paris wishes the Seine to be sufficiently clean to permit the public to swim in parts of it by 2024 The section of the Seine running through Paris garnered unusually good headlines in 2009 when salmon were caught there, something unknown for decades. The river has been polluted by industry since the beginning of the… Continue reading Swimmers to return to the Seine for the first time in a century
It used to be that when deaf people wished to discuss ‘carbon footprint’ or ‘greenhouse gases,’ there was a necessity to spell out long complicated scientific terms, one letter at a time. Now, however, they are some of the 200 scientific terms related to the environment, granted new official signs in British Sign Language (BSL).… Continue reading How sign language is adapting to climate change
Leprosy, formally known as Hansen’s disease, is a chronic condition affecting the skin, nerves, and mucous membranes. It can be treated with a combination of antibiotics over six to twelve months, but if left untreated, it can lead to severe complications such as crippled hands and feet, paralysis, and blindness. While leprosy has not been… Continue reading Did leprosy come from squirrels?
