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News & Articles By Cassie B.
11/20/2017
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By Cassie B.
Marijuana farmers are destroying natural ecosystems as quest for profits outweighs “green” agricultural practices
People who turn to medical marijuana are often drawn to the fact that it’s natural. This is indeed a great quality from a health standpoint, but environment-minded marijuana buyers, take note: New research shows that marijuana farming in remote locations is having a negative effect on the environment. After studying the ecological consequences that marijuana […]
11/17/2017
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By Cassie B.
California wildfires were caused by irresponsible development more than weather, according to expert
The wildfires that recently hit the famous Wine Country area of Northern California will go down in history as the most damaging wildfire event in the state. The fire that killed 42 people and destroyed 8,000 structures was attributed by many to environmental factors like strong winds, high temperatures, and abundant vegetation, but some experts […]
11/16/2017
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By Cassie B.
Food web disturbance and elevated levels of mercury in rivers may have been caused by dams, according to study
The green energy “run of river” dams that have been gaining in popularity could have a very serious downside. This type of dam diverts a part of a stream though a set of turbines before feeding it back into the stream downriver. While proponents say this type of hydro project is desirable because it can […]
11/06/2017
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By Cassie B.
Shocking study discovers that pollution kills more people than all wars, shootings and natural disasters
Some people still think that pollution is an overblown concern on the part of “tree huggers,” but a new study puts the situation in perspective and illustrates precisely why each and every one of us should be doing our part to stem the problem. The study, which was published in the medical journal Lancet, showed […]
10/23/2017
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By Cassie B.
Over-prescription of antidepressants polluting oceans and threatening sea life
Our actions can affect the environment in many ways, and some are more obvious than others. Throwing garbage into the ocean, cutting down trees, and pumping toxic chemicals into the air out of factory smokestacks are clearly harmful to our planet, but other actions are destroying the earth much more quietly. For example, did you […]
10/23/2017
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By Cassie B.
BOMBSHELL: Genetic modification proven ineffective — pests have become immune to the poison of modified crops in less than five years, but we still have to eat it
Last year, farmers around the world planted genetically modified crops like soybeans, corn and cotton across 240 million acres of land that create proteins from the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium. Capable of killing pests like beetles and caterpillars, their effects on the environment and human health have long been the subject of much debate. Those […]
10/18/2017
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By Cassie B.
Climate models to be scrapped? Scientists “retract” previous belief about carbon dioxide levels during last warming period
As if the conflicting information and endless debates about climate change and carbon dioxide levels were not confusing enough, a new study has found that carbon dioxide levels were actually much lower than previously believed during the last “warm” period on the planet, illustrating just how difficult it is to make conclusive statements about the […]
10/16/2017
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By Cassie B.
Industrial agriculture practices likely to threaten world food supply through heightened risk of crop disease, study finds
Have you ever stopped to think about what would happen if wheat production ground to a halt across the world? It’s something that few people worry about, but it’s more likely than you think thanks to modern industrial agriculture practices. Many of the planet’s most widely grown varieties of wheat have been affected by new […]
10/06/2017
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By Cassie B.
Volcanic activity in Antarctica responsible for changes in climate in the region; not global warming
According to new findings that were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a series of volcanic eruptions are responsible for the rapid climate change that took place in the Southern Hemisphere at the end of the most recent ice age. The researchers from the Desert Research Institute (DRI) say that a […]
09/28/2017
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By Cassie B.
Fish populations are absolutely COLLAPSING across the oceans of the world… may lead to fall of human civilization
It’s time to update that old saying that “there are plenty of fish in the sea” as scientists warn that the numbers of old fish are declining at an alarming rate, putting future generations of fish and even humans in peril. According to studies of fisheries in the seas surrounding Europe and the U.S. carried […]
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