Photo by G.M.B. Akash (Panos Pictures/Redux) Article by Tim McDonnell, via National Geographic DHAKA, BANGLADESH -- Golam Mostafa Sarder starts every day before dawn, rising from a thin reed mat in the shed that he shares with fifteen roommates. Each has just enough space to lie flat. He dresses...
Bracelets from recycled guitar strings donated by over 150 famous musicians such as Eric Clapton, John Mayer and Joan Baez. Removed from the waste stream, the materials are handcrafted in Providence, RI and become one-of-a-kind memorabilia. Profits from the sales of these bracelets benefit any charity...
Photo by Richard Vevers (The Ocean Agency / XL Catlin Seaview Survey, CC 2.0) Article by Vishwa Mohan, via The Weather Channel Rising sea temperature due to climate change affected corals in India during the global coral bleaching events between 2014-17. Though most sites with coral reefs...
Photo via CGTN (CNSA Photo) Article by Hu Yiwei, Wu Lei via CGTN China's Chang'e-4 probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon at 10:26 a.m. BJT Thursday. This is the first ever soft-landing on this previously uncharted area. The dark side is never visible from...
Photo via MaxPixel (Public Domain) Article by Katherine Martinko, via TreeHugger Already the National Institutes of Health has found "significant differences" in the brains of children who spend excessive time online. Anywhere you go, you will see children and teens with tablets or smartphones in their hands. Riding...
Photo by AP Photo/John Locher, File Article by Tom Murray and Environmental Defense Fund, via Forbes Business leaders can no longer afford to look the other way on climate change. The recent National Climate Assessment revealed that regional economies and industries dependent on natural resources are increasingly vulnerable to the...
Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/Getty Images Article by Megan Molteni, via WIRED TUESDAY’S MIDTERM ELECTIONS offered voters across the US the chance to move decisively to slow down the global ecological disaster of climate change. As the votes were tallied, however, one thing became clear: Americans remain as divided...
Photo by Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg Article by Jean Baptiste Su, via Forbes Speaking with Recode's editor-at-large Kara Swisher, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he's confident that the carmaker will achieve full self-driving next year, in 2019, ahead of any other car manufacturer. "I don’t want to sound overconfident, but I would be...
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...
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...