A trash can overflowing with disposable drink cups is an all-too-familiar sight outside of any coffee shop or fast food outlet. It was during a lunchtime stroll around Melbourne that colleagues Anio Rahebi and Katherine Hutchins passed several of these establishments and decided to fight heaps…
The mother of two said she has only been wearing second-hand clothes for 20 years - she even buys her underwear from second-hand stores. The DailyMail reported in more detail. Angela Morton, part of a family of super savers, saves hundreds of pounds every year thanks to her shopping skills. Supersavers -...
For several years now, scientists have been insisting that it is not worth removing fallen autumn leaves, it is better to let them decompose naturally - this will be much more beneficial for the soil and living organisms. USA Today gives 3 reasons why it's best to leave...
The world's rivers are heavily polluted by various drugs and other pharmaceutical products, and this poses a threat to both the environment and human health - these are the results of a large study conducted by British scientists, reports the BBC. In a large study organized by the University of York, scientists...
Scientists have studied microbial DNA samples taken from 236 locations on the planet. It turned out that their genes encoded 30 thousand enzymes capable of degrading 10 types of plastic, according to FOCUS. The more debris, the higher the concentration of such microorganisms. Scientists from Chalmers University of Technology ...
The company raised $ 15 million to revive the woolly mammoth, The Guardian reported. Scientists are thinking about creating a hybrid elephant-mammoth, the first cubs of which are expected in six years. Ten thousand years after the woolly mammoths disappeared from the face of the Earth, scientists begin ...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says it should ban the sale of new fossil fuel boilers from 2025 if the world wants to achieve zero carbon emissions by the middle of this century. This is one of 400 steps towards zero proposed by the agency ...
Every year on April 22, an important global holiday is celebrated - International Mother Earth Day. It was established by the UN General Assembly in 2009. The holiday reminds us that the Earth and its ecosystems are our home, provide humanity with life, and therefore people ...
Naleli Kobo was nine years old when she began to suffer from asthma, headaches and nosebleeds, BBC told the BBC. The girl's mother soon noticed that the neighbors were showing the same symptoms. The Naleli Kobo family lived in the Los Angeles suburb, inhabited mainly by ...
Tens of tons of fuel oil were dumped on most of Israel's Mediterranean coast. Local authorities are talking about the largest environmental disaster in the history of the country, writes the BBC. Thousands of volunteers and soldiers are helping to clear the coast of the clumps of fuel oil, which has already caused serious damage to wildlife. On the victims ...