climate change

How Many Acres of Hemp Would Stop Global Warming? – Thought Experiment

July 30, 2019 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: July 30, 2019

I got curious about carbon sequestration and did some math. According to my sources, we have about 770,000,000,000 (770 billion) tons of excess carbon dioxide that we need to remove from our atmosphere. One ton of carbon equals 3.67 tons… [read]

Wildfires, Air Pollution, and the Fire Retardant’s Toll On the Ecosystem

December 5, 2018 by Kristina Martin

The wildfires in California have dominated the headlines lately. The devastation has been serious, but it’s easy to forget about the what this means for the health of those both caught in the fires and trying to live their lives… [read]

Trump Administration Report Accepts Climate Change but Says It’s Too Late To Do Anything About It

October 14, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: October 14, 2018

With the media frenzy of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, you wouldn’t be blamed for missing some pretty big news regarding the state of our environment. A 500-page environmental impact report states the planet will warm a disastrous seven degrees… [read]

Climate Change, Droughts, and the Future: How Plants Can Help Us Find an Alternative Scenario

October 2, 2018 by Bob Gorman
Last updated on: October 3, 2018

The last four decades have provided insurmountable evidence that the planet is experiencing rising temperatures, a situation that is perhaps irrevocable. The traditional view holds that this will lead to a unilateral move towards northern climes from both animal and… [read]

Travel is Worse for the Environment Than We Thought

May 14, 2018 by Kristina Martin

Thanks to climate change, the world is looking at previously accepted practices with a greater focus on sustainability and a new study finds one area that’s a bigger problem than we thought – travel. Global tourism in the year 2013… [read]

Scientists Predict Mercury in the Arctic Permafrost Will Be Released by Climate Change

February 12, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: February 12, 2018

Much has been made of the diseases that will be released once the world’s ice has melted, but scientists have now raised a new concern: mercury. Published in Geophysical Research Letters, scientists found that mercury levels in permafrost soil are… [read]

Your Grass-Fed Beef is About to Get More Expensive

January 22, 2018 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: January 22, 2018

More people want to consume meat in a more humane or ethical way, and grass-fed beef has been a large part of that equation. The grass-fed beef market is on the verge of a crisis though, as the levels of… [read]