While the global population is gradually stabilizing, it is still increasing significantly and is predicted to surpass 10 billion people before reaching its peak. Population ecologist William Rees from theContinue Reading
On New Year’s Day, many Stanford scientists appeared on CBS’ “60 Minutes” with Scott Pelley to examine the worldwide mass extinction issue. Spoiler alert: no one had good news. AccordingContinue Reading
Human activity has brought back one of the top warning signs that preceded the “Great Dying” at the end of the Permian era, when roughly 90 percent of the speciesContinue Reading
The majority of Generation Z (Gen Z) — that’s people born after 1996 or so — believes that the progression of global climate change is inevitable. A survey conducted byContinue Reading
We always talk about our children and grandchildren, and how climate change will affect them, but the reality is we are far too selfish to allow such thoughts to alterContinue Reading
In addition to trapping heat, new research suggests that greenhouse gases are eliminating the sky’s clouds — which could drastically speed up the pace of global warming over the comingContinue Reading
The International Day for Biodiversity (IBD) 2018 was celebrated all over the country on 22nd May. The celebration of the IBD under the theme – “Celebrating 25 years of actionContinue Reading
In June, the beaches of southeast Texas were absolutely covered in dead fish. And it’s not just Texas that’s been experiencing these fish die-offs lately. In March, the Darling-Baaka RiverContinue Reading
