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- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 21, 2011
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Species loss accelerating globally
Eminent Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson says that fully half of the planets higher life forms could be gone within 100 years.
Eminent Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson says that fully half of the planet's higher life forms could be gone within 100 years.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 14, 2011
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Chemicals, pollution and rising cancer rates
Most researchers now agree that environmental factors play a significant role today in determining who gets cancer and who doesn't.
Most researchers now agree that environmental factors play a significant role today in determining who gets cancer and who doesn't.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Sep 30, 2011
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The climate impacts of freight transport
Freight shipments are responsible for about a quarter of all transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
Freight shipments are responsible for about a quarter of all transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Sep 26, 2011
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Global warming and wildlife
Climate change is affecting many more species than polar bears.
Climate change is affecting many more species than polar bears.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Sep 2, 2011
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"Nonpoint source pollution" could be the largest threat to our water quality
It comes from many diffuse sources, like natural and human-made pollutants.
It comes from many diffuse sources, like natural and human-made pollutants.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, May 23, 2011
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Indoor plants that act as natural air filters
Breathe easier and add some flora to your decor.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, May 16, 2011
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Reducing energy use — globally
Scaling back our energy consumption significantly would go a long way toward achieving our pollution reduction and air and water quality goals.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, May 4, 2011
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'State of the Air 2011' report: Areas with the deadliest air pollution levels
Ozone and particle pollution are widespread, dangerous and contribute to many health problems and deaths.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 18, 2011
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Is U.S. air quality on the mend?
Air quality across the United States has improved dramatically since 1970 when Congress passed the Clean Air Act. Nonetheless, some 175 million Americans - 58 percent of the population - still live in places where pollution levels can cause breathing difficulties or worse.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 6, 2011
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Do urban trees really help reduce pollution and clean the air?
Researchers have found that city trees do indeed perform important environmental functions like soaking up ground-level pollutants and storing carbon dioxide, which helps offset global warming.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 25, 2011
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EarthTalk: Mining and water pollution
Mine effluent is typically a stew of hazardous acid-generating sulphides, toxic heavy metals, waste rock impoundments and water. When this waste drains into local streams and aquifers, it can kill living organisms and render formerly pristine local waters unsafe to swim in or drink.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 14, 2011
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EarthTalk: Have E-ZPass and similar programs reduced traffic and pollution?
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority ‘s E-ZPass electronic toll collection system has reduced toll plaza delay by about 85 percent overall and decreased overall fuel consumption on the state's turnpike system by some 1.2 million gallons per year, cutting emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 0.35 tons per day.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 13, 2010
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EarthTalk: China surpassed U.S. carbon emissions, producing 17% of total world carbon dioxide output
China passed the U.S. as the world’s leading greenhouse gas emitter back in 2006 and today produces some 17 percent of the world’s total carbon dioxide output. According to the China Daily news service, air and water pollution, combined with widespread use of food additives and pesticides, make cancer the top killer in China.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 10, 2010
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EarthTalk: What on Earth is "global dimming?"
Global dimming occurs when particulate pollution (primarily sulphur dioxide, soot and ash) from the burning of fossil fuels absorbs solar energy and reflects sunlight otherwise bound for the Earth’s surface back into space. Some scientists blame the phenomenon for causing the droughts in Ethiopia in the 1970s and 80s because the northern hemisphere oceans were not warm enough to allow rain formation. Pictured: Particulate pollution over Mexico City.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Nov 2, 2010
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Electrolux unveils 'Vacs from the Sea', vacuums made from recycled ocean litter
Each one is adorned with plastic trash found in the North Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific Ocean and the Baltic Sea in an effort to spread the message to other big companies about using more recycled plastic in their products and to raise awareness about all of the junk polluting our oceans.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Oct 29, 2010
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EarthTalk: Can pollution affect my child's IQ?
A spate of recent studies suggests that pollution can indeed affect the intelligence of children of all ages (even those still in utero).
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jun 22, 2010
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With 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in each square mile of our oceans, it's not just the oil we need to worry about
If the oceans continue to become filled with with debris and garbage, their many systems will begin to fail and it will not be long before the land dwelling creatures feel the effects.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, May 28, 2010
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Forget the plastic surgeon: Herbicide Atrazine causes sex change in amphibians
Amphibians that were exposed to the herbicide Atrazine during larval development were completely chemically castrated and transformed into functional females that were able to reproduce.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, May 4, 2010
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Tampa Bay agencies publish pro-drilling message touting safety of offshore drilling
Recent issues of Bay Soundings, "Tampa Bay’s Science and Nature News Journal,” include lengthy messages promoting oil drilling off Florida’s coasts and touting the safety(!) of offshore drilling. The Soundings — funded by public agencies directed by local elected officials — has not printed any perspective from anyone opposed to offshore drilling. Meanwhile, the public agencies behind the Bay Soundings pretend they are not taking any position for or against offshore drilling.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 22, 2010
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Oil drilling off our shores: Dean Cannon, we've come to know ye
After concluding the House's final workshop on the exploration of oil and gas drilling off Florida coasts on Friday, Rep. Dean Cannon outlined three areas he expects the House bill to include when it is released in two weeks. Contributor Cathy Harrelson gives her arguments against them.
