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5 Major Crops In The Crosshairs Of Climate Change

Photo by Heather Kim/NPR Article by Dan Charles, via NPR Climate change is coming like a freight train, or a rising tide. And our food, so dependent on rain and suitable temperatures, sits right in its path. The plants that nourish us won't disappear entirely. But they may...

Shark migration and movement

Photo by Wikimedia Commons Article by Rowena Fletcher-Wood, via Things We Don't Know There is no doubt that climate change affects many species – their food sources, their behavioural patterns, and the environments in which they are happy to live. Sharks are cartilaginous fish related to rays...

Legalizing Recreational Cannabis, Canada Begins A National Experiment

Photo by Ian Willms/Getty Images Article by Dan Bilefsky, via New York Times MONTREAL — Canada on Wednesday became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and present the nation with its...

Google Is Searching For A Way To Be Zero Emissions All The Time

Photo by Mark Skipper Article by Mark Sullivan, via Fast Company Our time to move away from dirty energy to green sources is limited. Federal governments can’t be relied upon to push the conversion–especially not the one in the U.S., which is actively working against large-scale adoption of...

Ziggy Marley: We Need to Ban Pesticides In Pot

After decades of struggle, marijuana legalization is finally sweeping the land – now, with the expansion of cannabis, we must be careful both as consumers and as businesses to not allow the industry to put profits above the health and wellbeing of the people. Consumers must...

Denmark May Begin Labeling Food According to Effect on Climate Change

Photo by Anthony Albright, CC Article by Mckinley Corbley, via Good News Network The government of Denmark may soon require grocery stores and packaging manufacturers to grade foods based on their environmental impact. The ambitious initiative would calculate the grade based on the amount of transportation the product required...

Rob Gronkowski Talks Cheerios, Charity and Football

Article via Nathan Rush, Athlon Sports & Life New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski, 29, is arguably the greatest tight end in NFL history — and easily the most entertaining player the position has ever seen. In addition to being a two-time Super Bowl champion...