BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO With much backlash, Trump announced that the US would be leaving the Paris Climate Agreement in June. But those in positions of power who disagreed with him didn’t let that stop them from being committed to their…
The world’s first carbon eating machine just opened in Switzerland
As any student of the natural sciences can probably tell you, carbon used to be a good molecule. We loved it – it was, after all, one of the key molecules in organic chemistry, part of the delicate but vital…
How funerals can literally cost the earth
At present, the world generates almost 1.2 billion tonnes of waste every year; and only 1-2% of it is composted or recycled. We’re a wasteful bunch, and it seems to be no different when it comes to the environmental impact of…
Turns out earthworms are doing more to fight climate change than most people
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Climate change – it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. In this case, that someone is the misunderstood, soil-dwelling earthworm. Microbes, which are tiny, single-celled organisms, live alongside worms, buried beneath the earth’s soil.…