Environment

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A Terribly Beautiful Contrast: Nature and War.

A Terribly Beautiful Contrast: Nature and War.

VIA PULPTASTIC Destructive tanks first rolled out onto the battlefields during World War I nearly a hundred years ago. A century on, some of them can still be found in those same combat zones, which are now peaceful meadows and serene beaches. Nature has swallowed these instruments of war, with hauntingly beautiful results. #1. Shumshu, Russia. u-96 #2. […]

Study Concludes When Civilization Will End, And It’s Not Looking Good For US

Study Concludes When Civilization Will End, And It’s Not Looking Good For US

VIA MIC.com by Tom McKay Civilization was pretty great while it lasted, wasn’t it? Too bad it’s not going to for much longer. According to a new study sponsored by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, we only have a few decades left before everything we know and hold dear collapses. The report, written by applied […]

We Need an Energy Miracle

We Need an Energy Miracle

VIA The Atlantic by James Bennet In his offices overlooking Lake Washington, just east of Seattle, Bill Gates grabbed a legal pad recently and began covering it in his left-handed scrawl. He scribbled arrows by each margin of the pad, both pointing inward. The arrow near the left margin, he said, represented how governments worldwide […]

Washington State To Construct First Wildlife Bridge Over Busy Highway

Washington State To Construct First Wildlife Bridge Over Busy Highway

VIA Discovery.com by Danny Clemens The Washington State Department of Transportation today announced the state’s first wildlife bridge, which will be built over a stretch of I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass. According the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition, which has been advocating for the construction of the wildlife bridge, 28,000 vehicles travel along I-90 each day. Such […]

Second Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded In Iran Amongst Sweltering Heat Wave

Second Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded In Iran Amongst Sweltering Heat Wave

VIA Pulptastic From United Still Contributor Samuel Rudd (Not associated or affiliated with Pulptastic): While Global Warming is certainly a controversial topic, it is hard to argue that the climate is changing. Probably more drastically in recent years. Whether or not you believe humans have had a negative effect on our climate, there is no […]

It’s Raining Nitrogen In A Colorado State Park. Farmers Can Help Make It Stop.

It’s Raining Nitrogen In A Colorado State Park. Farmers Can Help Make It Stop.

VIA NPR by Luke Runyon, Stephanie Paige Ogburn It’s May in Rocky Mountain National Park, but on a mountainside 10,829 feet above sea level, snow is falling. It’s pelting Jim Cheatham, a biologist with the National Park Service. Shrugging off the cold, Cheatham seizes a teachable moment. This snow, he says, holds more than just water. “Chances […]

Tesla’s New Battery

Tesla’s New Battery

VIA True Activist by Adam Dearstine The wait is over! Tesla announced a home battery and utility-scale battery that will power future homes. We had gotten rumor of this new battery back in February when Elon Musk discussed it during an earnings call, but no additional details were made available at that time. Tesla announced last […]

Company Wants To Plant One Billion Trees A Year Using Drones

Company Wants To Plant One Billion Trees A Year Using Drones

VIA True Activist by John Vibes A new company is hoping to reverse deforestation by using drones to plant trees. The company, BioCarbon Engineering, plans to disperse seedlings using drones, which could plant up to one billion trees per year. “We are going to counter industrial scale deforestation using industrial scale reforestation,” says Lauren Fletcher, […]

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