Climate change threatens our dream of a better world for our children. Charles Kettering, a prolific inventor, and engineer, once said, “We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.” Kettering’s words resonate...
If you’ve looked into the science behind climate change, you probably already know that an excess of CO2 poses a significant threat to our planet. Carbon stays in our atmosphere much longer than a human life span (at least 300 years) and has disastrous effects...
Ocean Acidification Threatens the Future of Marine Ecosystems Almost seventy percent of our planet is water, and yes, water is life. Humanity, nor any other known species could survive without water. Therefore, the logical thing would be to care for the water as a...
Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re interested in doing something about climate change. But to move from interest to commitment, you should be clear about what you’re talking about and what’s at stake. Keeping that in mind, here’s a brief introduction to the...
I don’t know about you, but hope for the Earth has been an elusive thing for me in the last few years. It’s alarming to see how climate change alters the planet, even terrifying. Between melting glaciers, rising tides, rapidly changing seasons, and...
What Is Bottom Trawling? Trawling is a fishing practice in which a boat tows a net through the water to trap fish. This is done at various depths depending on the desired catch. When the net is towed along the seafloor, the technique is called bottom trawling. Heavy...
“The Greatest Threat to Our Planet Is the Belief That Someone Else Will Save It.” – Robert Swan, O.B.E. What is Climate Change? You’d be hard-pressed to find a human being on the planet who hasn’t heard at least something on the topic of climate change, but how...