The Upside to Natural Disasters

Before I write anything else, I want to unequivocally explain that I think natural disasters are terrible. They cause countless deaths and incredible human suffering. With that being understood, I often find myself believing that things happen in nature for a reason, and so I …

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 …

Scandinavian Airline Slows Down to Cut Carbon and Save Fuel

Scandinavian airline SAS is flying its planes slower to save fuel and cut down on carbon emissions. By reducing from 780 kilometers (485 miles) per hour from 860 kph, the airline has saved $12 million in two years. Flights aren’t much longer due to …

Beer made from melting ice caps

We all know Greenland’s ice cap is melting and, as it covers an area of about 1,6-million square kilometres and is about 3,000 metres thick, if it all melted, the world’s sea levels could rise by as much as six metres.

Nuclear-Powered Glaciers

Dredging the bottom of our archives brought up an interesting project by Edinburgh-based landscape architects Gross. Max. to counter the effect of global warming.

Record-warm winter in Finland may boost crops

The warmest winter ever recorded in Finland may boost grain crops as the growing season is likely to be longer than usual, experts said on Thursday.

Internet helps Americans save more energy every year

For every kilowatt-hour of power that Internet-linked computers use, they save at least 10 times that amount, a recent study finds.

Arctic Ice Cap Could be Gone by the Summer

How low will they go? Putting a date on the melting of the Arctic ice cap has been a popular prediction game among scientists of late; in recent months, we’ve heard estimates ranging from 2030 to as early as 2013.