Please bring back the bees The bees are disappearing. All over the world, both wild bees and the hives of bee keepers are dying. Sometimes the hive is found empty, and sometimes it is found filled with dead bees. Nobody…
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Arcology is a set of design principles that are used in the architectual design of habitat structures. It is a combination of ecology and architecture. The structures are designed to minimize human environmental impact. It can be a large building…
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Deforestation of tropical forests is occurring at a rapid pace. Rainforests are among the richest and most diverse terrestrial systems and are home to a great many biological communities, called biomes. Although they take up less than ten percent of…
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Biodiversity is what makes life on planet Earth possible. It is how organisms are able to thrive and function on both micro and macro levels. To take it away would be catastrophic to not only the lives of the plants…
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Palaeontology is the science that studies the fossil record to investigate the evolution of life on Earth. From the fossil record it has been determined that there has been five previous major mass extinction events or periods in Earth’s history,…
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Take a moment to remember the last time you relaxed in your backyard. If you are not a meticulous gardener, it is likely that you would have noticed a few dandelions and clovers growing throughout your lawn. Look a bit…
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Radium in groundwater can become a serious health concern if the concentrations become high enough. Radium is a decay product of uranium and is therefore found wherever uranium might be found. It is over one million times more radioactive than…
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Genetic engineering is the best answer, in my own personal opinion. After about thirty eight or so years of genetic engineering on our food sources, mainly in the way of crops such as corn and soy beans, among others, which…
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Few can argue the fact that nuclear power, when operating properly is a cleaner source of energy than burning coal. The question is, how much radiation is actually emitted from the coal burning process. According to the USGS, the level…
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The level of radioactivity that people are exposed to in coal ash is actually higher than the level of exposure caused by nuclear waste. An article published in the respected popular science journal Scientific American in 2007 details this surprising…
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