by Environmental News | Jun 21, 2017 | Petition For Change
Author: Nina Golgowski / Source: HuffPost Wildlife experts called black bears’ back-to-back fatal maulings of people in Alaska this week “an anomaly” ― but warned the rare incidents could rise as humans encroach on the animals’ habitat. In the latest...
by Environmental News | Jun 10, 2017 | Our Planet
Author: Kip Hansen / Source: Watts Up With That? Guest Essay by Kip Hansen The Claim: The venerable NY Times carries this headline: “In India, Slight Rise in Temperatures Is Tied to Heat Wave Deaths”. The study cited makes this conclusion: “Mean temperatures...
by Environmental News | May 18, 2017 | Our Planet
Source: The Economic Times Air pollution: Why and how it kills * Air pollution is responsible for about one in every nine deaths annually, with almost two-thirds of those deaths in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, the WHO says. * By 2040, Asia will account for...
by Environmental News | Apr 28, 2017 | Be Organic
Source: Star2.com Human corpses may be altering soil nutrient composition, and experts are worried. It’s not only in life that humans leave their mark on nature. In death, our decomposing corpses alter the chemistry of precious soil, scientists warned. Whether our...
