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Ed Sheeran has expressed his desire to become more environmentally sustainable. The “Shivers” singer mentioned on BBC Radio London that his sustainability efforts start at his UK home. “I have got a massive beehive. I have this massive wildlife pond with newts in it, salamanders and there’s a grass snake that lives in there and hedgehogs,” he […]
According to new research, the annual environmental impact of wild pigs across the globe is equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 1.1 million cars. The pigs do this by uprooting soil constantly in a search for food, with a group of international researchers estimating that doing this causes them to pump out about 4.9 […]
A horrifying video has fueled the debate over the dangers of oil drilling. The viral footage was captured Friday after a hellish blaze erupted in the Gulf of Mexico. Reuters reports the fire broke out around 5 a.m. local time in the Ku Maloob Zaap oil field operated by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex). Officials for the Mexico state […]
Nine years after a group of researchers from Yale put together the “Map of Life,” which provides a database that pins where known species live across the globe, they have now put together a map that attempts to locate areas where yet-to-be-discovered species may reside. The goal, according to the guy who spearheaded the project (Yale ecology and […]
A volcano in southwest Iceland came to life on Friday night when it erupted after being dormant for thousands of years. Per the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula began around 8:45 p.m. local time. Lava spilled down both sides of the mountain, but it didn’t appear to be a threat to nearby towns because it […]
A massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica on Friday, CNN reports. A 490 square mile block of ice— bigger than New York City—broke free from the Brunt Ice Shelf near a British scientific outpost. According to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the ice was separated through a process called “calving.” Calving can be caused by crevasses […]
A massive 7.1 earthquake hit the eastern coast of Japan, shaking multiple cities, the Japan Times reported on Saturday. The quake measured a strong 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale (the second-highest level) and disrupted Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in the Tohoku region around 11:08 local time on Saturday night. Fortunately, no tsunami warning has been issued for the island country. Several […]
We don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s never too late to reinvent yourself. Just take it from Briony Douglas. The Toronto-based photographer, visual artist, and director—whose work has caught the attention of high-end fashion labels and sneaker brands alike with its eye-popping mix of surrealism and pop culture—says she only truly began […]
“Cocaine hippos” are taking over Colombian marshlands, forcing scientists to control the population before they dramatically impact the country’s ecosystem. The animals were illegally imported into the country by infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar at the height of his reign. Since Escobar’s death in 1993, the hippopotami have been rapidly breeding, becoming the largest invasive species on the planet. […]
