Environment

Bringing Climate Change Into Physics Classrooms

Physics is one of the most remarkable scientific subjects there is. It incorporates many incredible discoveries, like The Quantum Leap, the Law of Falling Bodies, Universal Gravitation, and the Laws of Motion.  ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Dec 21 2023 - 1:14am

Conservationists put indigenous people at risk

Conservation scientists from London's Natural History Museum (NHM) are traveling to Paraguay to record biodiversity.   The problem?  The Dry Chaco region they want to visit is home to the indigenous Ayoreo Indians, who are being put at risk by the tri ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 11 2024 - 9:09am

What Is Worse For The Future Of Earth, Wasting Food Or Overeating?

If you were born prior to 1980, you likely had a parent say that you needed to eat your dinner because people were starving in Africa. And it was true. The Malthusian boom and bust lamented by Paul Ehrlich, John Holdren, and other doomsday prophets in the ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 11 2024 - 2:36pm

New York City Is Not The Future- Metro Areas With Multiple Hubs Is

New York City makes no sense on paper. It is expensive to get into, expensive to live in, yet crowded and dirty. The heat is overwhelming in the summer while in the winter the wind effect among all those buildings cut can through your parka. There is no wa ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2024 - 1:45pm

If You Care About Emissions, Rethink Urban Agriculture

Urban/local/small ag is a feel-good fallacy. There is nothing wrong with wishful thinking and aspirations, we all have harmless beliefs that get into our brains. Some home ag is clearly ridiculous- a $150 machine to grow $0.25 worth of herbs is a gimmick f ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 5 2024 - 8:37am

Glyphosate Impact On Soil Microbes- The 1% Can Worry But Scientists Do Not

Is glyphosate damaging essential microbes in soil? A multi-year study sought to answer the question using real-world conditions. Glyphosate (e.g Roundup) is the most popular weedkiller in the world, and that has made it a target for some disreputable compe ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 29 2024 - 2:30pm

Inconvenient Truth: There Are Synthetic Pesticide Residues On Organic

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Article - Steve Savage - May 31 2024 - 3:15pm

A Boom In Carbon Capture Is Upon Us, But The Impact On Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is Uncertain

Carbon capture and storage (CCS), the process of separating, treating and transporting carbon dioxide (CO ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Jun 24 2024 - 9:01am

European Glyphosate Constituents Aren't From Agriculture, They're From Laundry Detergent

Activists who just happen to take donations from competitors to normal farming- e.g. organic industry trade groups, corporations, and foreign nationals laundering money through offshore donor-advised funds- get paid to claim farming is a problem.(1) ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 29 2024 - 2:42pm

The Whiteness Of Boomer Environmentalism May Be Why Lakes In Minority Communities Get Little Attention

Prior to the takeover of environmentalism by Earth Day's overt communist malcontents (1) it was devoted to clean water and neighborhoods in cities, where the poorest lived. To get attention and money from other wealthy elites, it pivoted to rural rive ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 10 2024 - 5:00am