How Humans Are Killing Life Before “Earth’s Death in 2050 AD”

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) published a report in 2006 that documented the plunder of natural resources by human activity and warned that the globe itself could be outstripped in its capacity to support life, rendering the earth extinct in under 50 years. Based on scientific data collected from across the globe, it revealed that more than [...]

The Hummingbird

Have you ever been outside, maybe working in the garden, soaking up rays by the pool, or snoozing in the hammock, when suddenly a flying, sparkly green centurion with pointy black spear charges up, out of nowhere, dangerously close to your face? This thing, whatever it is, seems simply to pop into existence with no more [...]

The Subterranean Farms of Tokyo

While we’re on the subject of things agricultural and of things covered by just about everyone long before today, there is Pasona O2, a subterranean farm cultivated inside a former bank vault beneath a high rise building in one of Tokyo’s business districts.

Global seed vault opens in Norway

A global seed vault, preserving crop varieties from over 100 countries, opened this week (26 February) in Svalbard, Norway.

Seals, Another Name of the Endangered List

Protected since Ancient Greece by Poseidon and Apollo for their love of the sun and sea, the number of seals is rapidly declining, most of them living miserably or under a constant threat.