By Olivia Rosane, June 14, 2022, Edited by Chris McDermottSadhguru on his motorcycle in London. Conscious PlanetMore than half of the world’s agricultural soils are already degraded, and both scientists and UN agencies agree that the remaining soil will only take us another 40 to 50 years. Yet despite the threat this poses to biodiversity, the climate and global food security, soil health receives less attention
By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, June 23, 2022, Edited by Chris McDermott A bleached sea sponge off the coast of New Zealand. Professor James Bell / Victoria UniversitySea sponges are simple marine animals that have been around for about 600 million years. Their skeletons are dense and porous and they adapt well to their particular habitat, attaching themselves to different types of surfaces, from rocks and corals to
By Olivia Rosane, June 23, 2022, Edited by Chris McDermott A gas station in Los Angeles, California on March 8, 2022. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty ImagesCould Los Angeles become the largest city yet to ban the construction of new gas stations? The idea might seem improbable. The City of Angels is infamous for its reliance on cars. Its public transit system is considered one of the worst in the world, according
Ban on manufacture and import of six popular types of items will begin in December 2022, and sales a year later. By Tracey Lindeman, 20 Jun 2022Canada government has began phasing out six harmful plastics as part of the plan to ban single-use plastics. Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/ShutterstockCanada laid out its final regulations on Monday spelling out how it intends to apply a ban on plastic bags, straws, takeout containers
The New England Journal of Medicine kicks off a series of articles Thursday with an examination of the effects of air pollution on children’s health.By Victoria St. Martin, June 16, 2022 Smoke pours out of towers of the Phillips 66 Bayway oil refinery along the New Jersey Turnpike in Linden, New Jersey, Dec. 11, 2019. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty ImagesFor years, research journals devoted to the earth sciences have warned of the dire
By ANITA SNOW,June 25, 2022"Cueball", left, talks about his dog Lindsay with neighbor Terry Reed, right, at their tents Friday, May 20, 2022, in Phoenix. Hundreds of homeless people die in the streets each year from the heat, in cities around the U.S. and the world. The ranks of homeless have swelled after the pandemic and temperatures fueled by climate change soar. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)A homeless encampment grows in size just west of downtown
