Tag: Journalism
-
Plastic technology for natural recycling
byYour article (Plastic plague: tiny particles can reach anywhere on the planet, say scientists, 16 April) says that “about 335m tonnes of plastic is produced each year, and while it degrades extremely slowly it can be broken into smaller and smaller pieces”. It adds that these pieces are now being blown around the world by […]
more -
Guinness maker Diageo to remove plastic from beer packaging
byPlastic ring carriers and shrink wrap will be removed from multipacks of all Diageo beer products, including Guinness and Harp. The maker of Guinness has announced it is ditching plastic beer packaging in favour of recyclable and biodegradable cardboard. Plastic ring carriers and shrink wrap will be removed from multipacks of all Diageo beer products […]
more -
Arctic is warmest it’s been in 10,000 years, study suggests
byPermafrost samples suggest Arctic is 2 C warmer than previous record highs thousands of years ago New research suggests Canada’s Arctic is the warmest it has been in 10,000 years — and the temperatures are still climbing. The study was recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. Researchers studied permafrost samples in the Yukon […]
more -
Only rebellion will prevent an ecological apocalypse
byNo one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response Had we put as much effort into preventing environmental catastrophe as we’ve spent on making excuses for inaction, we would have solved it by now. Everywhere I look, I see people engaged in furious attempts to fend off […]
more -
Bioplastics could be “just as bad if not worse” for the planet than fossil-fuel plastics
byBioplastics could potentially be worse for the environment than conventional plastics, according to recycling expert Arthur Huang. Switching to plastic made from plants instead of fossil fuels would require vast amounts of farmland, Huang said. This could could cause environmental problems and deprive humans of food. Huang, founder and CEO of circular-economy engineering company Miniwiz, […]
more -
Campaign to save oceans maps out global network of sanctuaries
byStudy creates blueprint to safeguard marine life and enable ocean recovery Academics have mapped out a network of sanctuaries they say are required to save the world’s oceans, protect wildlife and fight climate breakdown. The study, ahead of a historic vote at the UN, sets out the first detailed plan of how countries can protect […]
more -
‘Molecular scissors’ for plastic waste
byPlastics are excellent materials: extremely versatile and almost eternally durable. But this is also exactly the problem, because after only about 100 years of producing plastics, plastic particles are now found everywhere — in groundwater, in the oceans, in the air, and in the food chain. Around 50 million tonnes of the industrially important polymer […]
more -
Game of Thrones Is Still the Big, Sometimes Clunky Climate Change Allegory We Need
byAn unanswered question about Westeros’s past could be the key to really understanding the metaphor everyone assumes the HBO epic is founded upon. I hope that someday I find out what happened to Valyria. There are a lot of other lingering mysteries left in Game of Thrones, the HBO adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A […]
more -
800 Years of Hawaii History in 10 Minutes
byFrom the arrival of the first Polynesian settlers, to short term rentals and the tourism industry, a new book chronicles the history of human society in the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii: Eight Hundred Years of Political and Economic Change is the work of University of Hawaii economist Sumner La Croix. The tale begins around 1100-1200 AD, […]
more -
Consumer Sentiment Falls as Outlook for Economy Weakens
byU.S. consumer sentiment fell in April for the first time in three months, missing estimates, as the long-term economic outlook dropped to the lowest in more than a year and enthusiasm over tax cuts waned. The University of Michigan’s preliminary sentiment index decreased to 96.9 from the prior month’s 98.4, according to a report April […]
more