Enviroment

California 04/27/22, 19:23

Construction has begun in California on what is being billed as the world's largest wildlife crossing for mountain lions and other wildlife trapped in the state's southern urban sprawl. On Friday, April 22, California officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom, held a ceremony to mark the start of construction of a bridge ...

California 03/30/22, 18:45

In a historically dry year, California Governor Gavin Newsom, on Monday, March 28, ordered the state's water regulatory agency to make it illegal to irrigate specific green spaces to save water resources. According to CBS News, by signing an executive order, Newsom urged the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to ...

California 03/08/22, 22:19

America's West Coast recorded the severest dry spell in more than a millennium, raising concern among growers. Del Bosque Farms is reviewing its operations after California recorded its worst drought in 1,200 years. The agribusiness has enjoyed bumper melon and almond harvests for the past 25 years. However, revelations the Golden State ...

California 03/02/22, 04:18

America's West Coast recorded the severest dry spell in more than a millennium, a new study found. The 21st Century has brought California's worst drought in 1,200 years so far. This is the shocking conclusion researchers reached after comparing soil moisture and water reservoir levels from the past 21 years to ...

News 02/23/22, 03:45

According to a recent study conducted in the United Kingdom, high river pollution due to pharmaceuticals is a much greater danger to global health than previously assumed, The Guardian reported. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the largest ever conducted. With 127 researchers ...

Enviroment 02/21/22, 02:03

The People's Bank of China on Friday, Feb. 18, warned in a statement that carbon-intensive sectors could be at high risks of default following increased emission costs. The warning came after the People's Bank of China wrapped up its first phase of climate stress testing on 23 major banks last year. ...

Insights 02/13/22, 17:47

According to an article published in Chinese media, "The Paper" on Feb. 10, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong will jointly build a "Great Canal of the Century" from Hangzhou to Guangzhou, with a total investment of about $50 billion. This Grand Canal will connect the Yangtze River and the Pearl River ...

News 01/05/22, 00:24

A little fish known as "tequila splitfin" or "zoogoneticus tequila" once swam in a river in western Mexico, but it vanished before the end of the 20th century. But now there is hope. Due to the introduction of invasive, exotic fish species and water pollution, the tequila fish (Zoogoneticus tequila), a ...

Enviroment 12/25/21, 05:39

A dinosaur embryo has been unearthed in Ganzhou, China, that scientists describe as one of the most perfectly preserved specimens of its kind ever found. The embryo, dubbed “Baby Yingliang,” is at least 66 million years old, BBC reported, citing the researchers. Baby Yingliang, which measures 10.6 inches (27cm) long from head ...

Enviroment 12/23/21, 12:58

Scientists believe alien life forms could thrive in Venus clouds, nourished by acid-neutralizing chemical processes. Researchers from Cardiff University, MIT, and Cambridge University believe the planet, 47.34 million kilometers from Earth, may have ammonia in its clouds. Ammonia is a colorless gas made up of nitrogen and hydrogen. While Venus is Earth's nearest ...

News 12/22/21, 12:49

Although it may sound quite unbelievable, auroras—or what we now call 'northern lights'—blazed near the equator 41,000 years ago due to magnetic fields' change. On Thursday, Dec. 16, experts at the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) annual online conference in New Orleans said that this geomagnetic disruption, known as the Laschamp event, ...

Enviroment 12/14/21, 15:56

Starting on Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday, Dec. 9, more than 50 earthquakes shook the ocean floor off the Oregon coast. However, scientists believe that this shaking swarm poses little danger to people or property on land. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 55 earthquakes have occurred as of midnight on Wednesday (Dec. ...

Enviroment 12/10/21, 12:12

Dr. Michael J. Ryan, a professor of Earth Sciences at Carleton University, has uncovered a new ancient crocodile relative that illustrates a species of the family of crocodiles that persued its prey while breathing underwater. The research was published in the Royal Society Open Science journal on Dec. 8. The 155-million-year-old ...

South America 11/29/21, 02:17

According to Peru's civil defense police commander, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru on Sunday, Nov. 28, at least four people were injured and 220 houses were damaged. The earthquake also destroyed a 16th-century Catholic church tower. "We have four injuries that are very minor, but they are being treated in ...

Enviroment 11/25/21, 17:58

The western region of China, where most of the Chinese concentration camps are located, is the area with the highest air pollution in the world, according to the Indian media, Business Standard. According to the WHO definition, Particulate Matter (PM) "is a common proxy indicator for air pollution. It affects more ...

California 11/25/21, 15:45

A wandering wolf had his epic journey searching for a new life suddenly come to a tragic stop in Southern California after traveling more than 1,000 miles from Oregon to seek a forest and a new pack. The gray wolf, named OR-93, was killed by traffic near Interstate 5 in Kern ...