A River of Haze
Air quality has emerged as a significant problem for India and Bangladesh in the past decade. A recent study found that levels of air pollution in large Indian cities increased at some of the fastest rates in the world between 2002 and 2010, faster even than rapidly-growing Chinese cities.
BPA Linked to Potential Adverse Effects in Children and Adolescents
Exposure to a chemical once used widely in plastic bottles and still found in aluminum cans appears to be associated with a biomarker for higher risk of heart and kidney disease in children and adolescents, a study reveals.
Why The Economy Needs Nature
One of the greatest misconceptions of our time is the idea that there is somehow a choice between economic development and sustaining nature.
In pictures: Sand mining in Sierra Leone
Once synonymous with a brutal civil war, Sierra Leone was forecast to be one of the world’s fastest growing countries in 2012. On the back of the rapid economic growth, a construction boom, with new roads and buildings springing up in and around the major towns… But the construction brings with it increasing demand for sand, coming from the country’s beautiful beaches…
In Japan, a Painfully Slow Sweep
More than a year and a half since the nuclear crisis, much of Japan’s post-Fukushima cleanup remains primitive, slapdash and bereft of the cleanup methods lauded by government scientists as effective in removing harmful radioactive cesium from the environment.
Famed Roman Shipwreck Reveals More Secrets
Marine archaeologists report they have uncovered new secrets of an ancient Roman shipwreck lost off the Greek coast around 67 BC, filled with statues and the famed amazingly sophisticated astronomical calculator.
Future Sea Level Rise from Melting Ice Sheets May Be Substantially Greater Estimated
Future sea level rise due to the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could be substantially larger than estimated in Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, according to new research from the University of Bristol.
Concord, Massachusetts, Becomes the First City in the U.S. to Ban Plastic Water Bottles!
According to the EPA, in 2010, the U.S. generated 31 million tons of plastic waste. The town of Concord is fighting against those numbers by becoming the first municipality in the nation to ban the sale of single-serving water bottles smaller than 1 liter.
Anger Over Sand Mining, Samoa
Sand-mining at Salani is destroying the beach, causing coastal erosion and harming the environment.