99% Of Sweden’s Garbage Is Now Recycled
There’s a “recycling revolution” happening in Sweden – one that has pushed the country closer to zero waste than ever before. In fact, less than one per cent of Sweden’s household garbage ends up in landfills today.
Hallucigenia revealed: The most surreal creature from strangest period in history of life on Earth
After more than four decades of studying fossilised imprints, scientists believe they have finally nailed Hallucigenia’s position in the tree of life, and in the process discovered its only living descendants.
New Study Sees Atlantic Warming Behind a Host of Recent Climate Shifts
A fascinating study in this week’s issue of Nature Climate Change points to a marked recent warming of the Atlantic Ocean as a powerful shaper of a host of notable changes in climate and ocean patterns in the last couple of decades.California’s deepening drought.
20 Urban Food Forests from Around the World
The concept of a food forest has its roots in permaculture, a philosophy that advocates for managing agricultural landscapes in harmony with nature.
The Largest Organism On Earth, and It’s Not the Blue Whale
If you asked anyone what the biggest living thing on Earth was, what would be the common response? Blue Whale? Perhaps, in ancient times, a dinosaur? Well, it might surprise you that the largest organism on Earth exists right under your feet.
5 Things Everyone Needs To Know About Earthships
Earthships are being touted as affordable alternatives to unsustainable housing. Ultraculture provides a guide for everything you need to know before building your own.
“Colossally Poor Timing” of Asteroid Caused Dinosaur Extinction
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh say the dinosaurs might have survived the asteroid strike that wiped them out had it happened slightly later or earlier in history.
The new life of dead trees
I recently learned that dead trees provide vital habitat for more than 1,000 species of wildlife nationwide. The two most common types of dead wood you’ll find in your yard, along a trail or at a park are snags (upright) and logs (on the ground). Despite their name, dead trees are crawling with life.
Mysterious 262-Foot Crater Discovered in Siberia
The Siberian Times reported the discovery of a huge, 262 foot crater in Yamal — and scientists don’t know how it happened.
Will Trees That Glow Light Our Streets One Day?
It’s one of many recent luminant innovations, such as glow-in-the-dark sidewalks and roads fit for Tron, that are trying to disrupt the way we light our world at night.
