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Environmental Toxins 101: Everything You Need to Know
What exactly are these environmental toxins, and how can we limit our exposure and who is helping to drive systems-level change?
pollution
To Reduce Harmful Algal Blooms and Dead Zones, the U.S. Needs a National Strategy for Regulating Farm Pollution
Midsummer is the time for forecasts of the size of this year’s “dead zones” and algal blooms in major lakes and bays. Will the Gulf of Mexico dead zone be the size of New Jersey, or only as big as Connecticut? Will Lake Erie’s bloom blossom to a human health crisis, or just devastate the coastal economy?
How to Organize a Local Beach Cleanup
If you live near the coast, you’re probably tired of seeing debris left behind or washed up on beaches. Plastic bags, bottles, food containers, fishing line, toys and even hazardous waste are just a few of the types of garbage that litter our coastlines. Drain runoff, commercial ships and beachgoers are just a few of […]
Space Tourism Has Potential to Cause Astronomical Climate Damage, Scientists Find
Rockets used for space tourism could potentially have a much bigger effect on the global climate than the operation of traditional aircraft, researchers have found.
Human Trash Discovered on Mars
No human being has yet set foot on Mars, but something has preceded us. NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover announced on its Twitter account Wednesday that it had encountered a piece of human-generated litter on the Red Planet. “My team has spotted something unexpected: It’s a piece of a thermal blanket that they think may have […]
Cars Now Release More Pollution From Their Tires Than Their Tailpipes, Analysis Shows
The particulate pollution from car tires is nearly 2,000 times worse than that from vehicle exhaust pipes.
California Judge Halts Pesticide Spraying Program
A California judge has ruled that a state pesticide spraying program must end because it did not fully consider the impacts on public health or warn people of those risks.
50% of U.S. Lakes and Rivers Are Too Polluted for Swimming, Fishing, Drinking
Fifty years ago, the U.S. passed the Clean Water Act with the goal of ensuring “fishable, swimmable” water across the U.S. by 1983. Now, a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) finds the country has fallen far short of that goal. In fact, about half of the nation’s lakes and rivers are too polluted for swimming, fishing or drinking.
Play Your Way to a Better World? 9 Video Games That Can Help Solve Environmental Issues
Playing video games is a fun way to pass the time, but what if you could change the world while you’re exploring virtual universes? As it turns out, there are plenty of games out there for just about every platform, from smart phones to web browsers to game systems, that allow gamers to make a difference.