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…
How the AquaDam can save you thousands in post-flood repairs
In the wake of Hurricane Irma residents are being forced to evacuate their homes for weeks to maybe even months in order to escape the dangers of the largest category-5-hurricane ever to be recorded in satellite history. Last year, when…
What does a category 5 storm look like? Hurricane categories explained
BY AILEEN ZANGOUEI With the emergence of the latest Hurricane Irma, the Atlantic’s most catastrophic category 5 hurricane ever to be recorded, taking over the news, you might be wondering what this looks like compared to other hurricanes in the…
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…
German scientists just turned on the world’s first artificial sun
BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS A perfect sunny climate will certainly brighten everyone’s mood while simultaneously creating fuels that help, and not hinder, the environment. This is why an artificial sun is coming soon to Germany. They hope to create a larger…
Refreezing the Arctic, or: how I learned to stop worrying and love geoengineering
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS In the wake of the November 9th election, President Trump caused a furor when he announced that the United States would immediately withdraw from the historic Paris Accords upon taking office, sending shockwaves through the global…
Save Our Snowmen campaign addresses climate change in the best way possible
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Winter, in my humble (yet not so popular) opinion, is the greatest season. Despite all of its shortcomings – the days are shorter, the trees have lost their leaves, it’s cold as fuck – it’s still the…
France gives the middle finger to climate change by shutting down all of its coal power plants by 2023
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It’s that time of year again; the annual climate gathering run by the UN saw experts, lawmakers and organizations gathering in Morocco this week to discuss the current state of the planet, and the current uphill battle…
Design student invents a contraption that creates water from thin air
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS An industrial design student in Vienna has created a product that uses the air’s moisture to fill a water bottle attached to a bike, but he has higher hopes than just fuelling bike riders travelling long distances:…
14-year-old is assembling a Youth Army to take down the fossil fuel industry (Video)
BY: EDITORS When talking about the environment, oftentimes we tend to focus on the bitterness of men rather than the people playing to win, despite the poor hand they were dealt. “I’m a 14-year-old kid going up against a multi-million…
The Canadian feds target environmentalists as a threat to national security
BY: MICHAEL LYONS Canadian press and environmental groups are reporting that a leaked 2014 report by the federal and national police body, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) describes the national security threat of an “anti-petroleum movement.” In the face…