Over 75% of waste reached recycling facilities … learn more→

Since November, East African countries have registered serious drought conditions that are likely to worsen in coming months. According to data recently released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the La Niña weather effect is largely responsible. WMO said the phenomenon might last up to four more months and emphasized that it was already possible […] … learn more→

“I raced around to dumpsters collecting discarded ‘White’ and ‘Colored’ signs, thinking they would be of some interest to posterity in a Museum of Horrors. Alas, I stored them under my house, where termites got them, which may be just as well.” — Stetson Kennedy, Florida author and folklorist … learn more→

Abel complements stunning photos of a sometimes forgotten world – where \”White Only\” and \”Colored Only\” signs were a disturbing legal and social reality – with an in-depth scholarly examination. … learn more→

New research gives the first accurate estimate of how much faster the Earth\’s core is rotating compared to the rest of the planet. Previous research had shown that the Earth\’s core rotates faster than the rest of the planet. However, scientists from the University of Cambridge have discovered that earlier estimates of 1 degree every […] … learn more→

Tropical deforestation is intimately linked with urban dynamics and needs to be considered along with the role and effect of national and regional policies on land use decisions, and the dynamics of economic globalization in the next generation of sustainability science research, according to an Arizona State University geographer. \”You just can\’t think of isolated […] … learn more→

Since 1990 there have been more than 50,000 incidents in which a book’s right to an existence has been called into question.  Why?  For nothing more than the simple fact that they expressed ideas that made someone, somewhere, feel uncomfortable; and that discomfort was taken as a personal offense. There is a list of book […] … learn more→

People who want to eat healthy and live sustainably have a new way to measure their impact on the environment: a Web-based tool that calculates an individual\’s \”nitrogen footprint.\” The device was created by University of Virginia environmental scientist James N. Galloway; Allison Leach, a Ph.D. candidate at U.Va.; and colleagues from the Netherlands and […] … learn more→

A panel of scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled new research and models demonstrating how climate change could increase exposure and risk of human illness originating from ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems, with some studies projecting impacts to be felt within 30 […] … learn more→

Prescribed burning to reduce the hazards of bushfires may do more harm than good in some circumstances, according to a group of leading environmental scientists. From The University of Western Australia, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, the scientists argue that deliberately increasing the frequency of fires may lead […] … learn more→