by sagesgroup | Mar 12, 2023 | Biology, Climate Crisis, Environment, Innovation, nature, Science, space, Syndicated, The Conversation
Our planet holds a lot of trash. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have produced 30 trillion tons of stuff — from skyscrapers and bridges to clothes and plastic bags. Much of it is still with us in the form of waste. Globally, people add 350 million tons to this...by sagesgroup | Mar 8, 2023 | Climate Crisis, Environment, homepage, hp-latest
In many ways, air quality has improved a great deal over the past half-century, including a 78 percent reduction of six key pollutants between 1970 and 2020, including PM2.5 — a hazardous type of fine particulate matter pollution created by industry, car, and wildfire...by sagesgroup | Mar 3, 2023 | Climate Crisis, Environment, homepage, hp-latest, Innovation, Science, technology
Earth’s landscape has always been in flux. But most large-scale changes take far longer to manifest than we’ll ever witness in our lifetimes. Hundreds of millions of years had to pass for the continents to split apart, creating the seven land masses we know today....by sagesgroup | Feb 21, 2023 | Climate Crisis, freelance, homepage, Science
It’s hard to escape the reality that the world is not doing well in responding to climate change. According to the most recent United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, global surface temperatures will all but inevitably soar past the 1.5...by sagesgroup | Jan 26, 2023 | A1, Ancient Animals, Animals, Card story, Climate Crisis, History, homepage, Paleontology
By migrating northward, an ancient mammal called Ignacius survived in the Arctic during a period of global warming. Its story could be a sign of things to come. View this story on...by sagesgroup | Jan 24, 2023 | A1, Animal Science, Animals, Biology, climate, Climate Crisis, climate solutions, Environment, homepage, nature, Science
Millions of years ago, countless massive plant-eating creatures known as megaherbivores roamed the planet’s rainforests during the Pleistocene era. Today, elephants are among the last surviving megaherbivores in rainforests. According to new research, these tropical...