All posts tagged with Ecology
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-(Natural News) Parasites can be a massive headache in a microscopic size, and in the case of a certain parasitic worm, the headache it causes is literal – the rat lungworm parasite can wreak havoc on a person’s brain, and can even cause major neurological problems. Now, recent findings by the Hawaii State Department of […]
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-(Natural News) As major cities all over Europe go into lockdown, levels of air pollution are dropping dramatically. Levels of particulate matter, which usually come from vehicles burning fuel, as well as nitrogen dioxide from vehicle exhausts, have been dropping in London, Paris, Rome, Milan and many other major cities in Europe. According to data […]
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-(Natural News) The ongoing coronavirus outbreak could be nature’s way of sending us a message warns Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Andersen stated that humanity was placing too many pressures on the natural world and that the coronavirus was one of the consequences of doing so. Andersen, along with other […]
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-(Natural News) Sandalwood is on the brink of extinction. It is one of the most trafficked trees due to its wood and fragrant oil. In fact, one variety known as the Chile sandalwood is already extinct. The sandalwood population is vulnerable due to over-harvesting, according to journalist Alexandra Engler. But given conservation efforts and current ethical harvesting […]
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-(Natural News) Did you know that in the state of New York there’s a natural gas power plant currently in operation that has its own bitcoin mining rig? It’s known as Greenidge Generation, and about $50,000 dollars’ worth of the virtual cryptocurrency is “mined” there daily using gobs of fossil fuel energy. Located in New […]
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-(Natural News) Nothing epitomizes a warm, sunny day like the sound of bees buzzing peacefully from plant to plant in the garden. These little creatures do far more than provide us with delicious honey, however. Without bees and other pollinators, humans and other animals would cease to exist on our planet. The renowned poet Maurice […]
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-(Natural News) The quest for renewable energy has led some scientists to think small, that is, on a microscopic scale. A recent study has demonstrated how mixing microbes and a carbon nanomaterial can be used to help create biohybrid materials that can be used in several green energy applications. Led by Pascal Sailaly, a team […]
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-(Natural News) For a couple of decades now, scientists and researchers have noticed a peculiar phenomenon occurring in the depths of the Dead Sea: salt snow. Scientists first noticed it in 1979 – they observed salt crystals forming on the surface of the famed lake, before “snowing” down and piling up on the lake bed. […]
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-(Natural News) Scientists monitoring the ongoing the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China have found one surprising bit of silver lining. Satellite images from NASA revealed a significant drop in pollution over some of China’s biggest cities. According to NASA, there has been a significant decrease in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions in China due to the economic slowdown following the coronavirus outbreak. NO2 […]
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-(Natural News) In recent years, many farmers have turned to the use of dangerous and toxic commercially available pesticides to help keep their farms pest-free, even though these chemicals are known to cause not just problems in the environment such as water contamination and the poisoning of local wildlife, but also diseases and health problems […]
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