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05/06/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Rebuilding the Amazon forest with chocolate: How cocoa could be the key to making South America green again

For decades, Brazilian ranchers have been part of the wide-scale destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Now, they – and chocolate – could be the keys to make South America green again. According to a Reuters report, many ranchers are planting cocoa trees with the support of environmentalists who believe cocoa plantations can serve as new forests. […]

03/26/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Preserving riverside forests by connecting fragmented habitats may conserve biodiversity, ecosystems

Aside from protecting various endangered species, the conservation of river-floodplain ecosystems is another challenge that experts are trying to address in the 21st century. According to a group of researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, landscape genetics can be used to help sustain threatened ecosystems. The high soil moisture in forests on the […]

03/15/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Another climate concern debunked: Amazon rainforest trees found to be surprisingly drought resistant

Amazon rain forests are an integral part of the Earth’s ecosystem. As Louis Santiago, a professor of Botany & Plant Sciences from the University of California at Riverside contends, “Because of its sheer size, what happens in the Amazon affects the whole world.” While climate change alarmists have claimed that the lush forests of the Amazon […]

02/27/2018 / By David Williams

Developer plans to build town around electric shuttles and self-driving cars to ensure “no one will need to drive”

A number of cities across the U.S. have already begun the arduous task of converting their current systems to accommodate clean energy initiatives. However, a new town is hoping to become the first in the world in terms of going green after starting from scratch. Soon, they also intend to become a place where absolutely […]

02/26/2018 / By David Williams

Clean energy is now the cheapest source of electricity, according to the open market

What’s stopping you from going forward on clean energy? If it’s the exorbitant prices, you may want to look at them again, as the open market has now decided that it has become a much cheaper source of electricity than other conventional methods. This is according to a report on a recent bidding process for […]

02/08/2018 / By David Williams

New kind of drones designed to plant up to 100,000 trees per day

Drone technology has been surprisingly useful for many kinds of recreational purposes. But one Australian engineer has begun to unlock its potential to serve as an industrial-scale solution for the problem of rejuvenating and preserving the environment. Dr. Susan Graham, now a U.K.-based professional, has developed a type of drone that could plant up to […]

02/04/2018 / By Russel Davis

The health effects of exposure to smog: Researchers look at how to mitigate effects on humans and the environment

A Chinese study published in The Lancet Planetary Health looked at the effects of smog pollution on human health, and suggested a few ways to mitigate the risk associated with smog exposure. According to the study, China suffered from unprecedented heavy smog pollution in the winter of 2016 to 2017. Residents in Northern Chinese areas surrounding Beijing were the most […]

01/31/2018 / By David Williams

France plans to shut down all coal-fired power stations by 2021 in new climate change directive

French President Emmanuel Macron wants France to be the leader in the march towards a “greener” Earth. In a recent World Economic Forum meeting that was held in Davos, he announced his plans to shut down all coal-fired power plants in France by the year 2021. This announcement was part of an energetic speech made […]

01/30/2018 / By David Williams

Climate-altering technology designed to sequester carbon dioxide could cause catastrophic destruction of life, scientists warn

They say that there are pros and cons to pretty much everything in life. A new paper now suggests that the same could also be said about the use of a technology that’s designed to ultimately save the environment. According to the scientists behind the paper, the use of what is referred to as bioenergy […]

01/04/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Your “green energy” may not be so green after all: rare earth elements used in solar panels and wind turbines are highly polluting

Renewable energy is taking the world by storm, as “greenies” everywhere welcome with open arms the latest iterations of solar panels, wind turbines, and other “clean” energy alternatives to traditional fossil fuels like coal. But one of the things that many people who believe in “green energy” fail to realize is that many of their […]

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