(Natural News) Pre-industrial climate change of the natural variety may have brought down the Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt from 305 to 30 BC given internal strife and its later conquest by the Roman empire. That is part of the conclusion of a new study published in Nature Communications, which was based on evaluating ice core data of volcanic […]

(Natural News) In recent years, large raging wildfires have increased in quantity and severity, engulfing the western United States. The year 2017 is on pace to be the most catastrophic year yet for wildfires. In Montana, more than 980,000 acres have been lost, as raging fires burn out forest canopies and destroy pristine areas. More […]

(Natural News) Researchers recently published the results of two years of studying ocean garbage that washed up on the shores of the Gulf states. They found that plastic is the most common type of trash; that Texas ends up with the most coastal debris; and that spring and summer months are the worst. Trash in […]

(Natural News) Some 565 million years ago, the fate of the Earth was hanging in the balance as the planet’s protective magnetic field narrowly avoided a full collapse. Scientists say that had this essential barrier fallen, solar winds would have stripped the Earth of its atmosphere. Our planet’s surface would have been scorched by radiation, […]

(Natural News) Most Americans, regardless of their political, social, and cultural viewpoints like to breathe clean air and drink clean water, don’t want to kill off species for the fun of it, and support laws and regulations that call for smart use of our available resources. But the Left takes environmentalism to the extreme, even […]

(Natural News) We’ve all seen headlines like this one: Global warming sees polar bears stranded on melting ice. Or, perhaps you caught this one: Global warming predicted to melt massive Himalayan glaciers, disrupt food production. That’s because the glaciers are all melting, sea levels are rising, islands are disappearing and we’re all going to die, […]

(Natural News) Instead of having to fork over the $4.8 million that was demanded as part of a massive lawsuit against the corrupt biotechnology giant, Syngenta Hawaii, a local unit of the Swiss company Syngenta AG, has instead been let off the hook by federal environmental regulators with a mere $150,000 slap on the wrist. […]

(Natural News) An organism that has plagued Florida waters since 2017, bringing an assault of toxic green algae and red tide blooms, is finally disappearing, according to a report released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The announcement was made a few weeks after marine scientists observed that Karenia brevis, the microscopic algae responsible for […]

(Natural News) One of the country’s largest producers of biosolids, also known as “biosludge,” has been awarded a massive contract by the city of Austin, Texas, to be its exclusive producer of biosludge “compost” for use in agriculture. Synagro, which a recent press release describes as “the preeminent provider of biosolids and residuals solutions services […]

(Natural News) Mercury is listed as one of the top 10 chemical concerns for public health, as per the World Health Organization (WHO). Over half of Swedish lakes have very high mercury levels, and eating fish from these bodies of water can pose a threat to people’s health and wildlife. The matter seems hopeless, but results […]