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On top of raging wildfires and intensifying hurricanes, the ocean’s angelic and intelligent mammals, a.k.a. dolphins, are severely suffering from the impacts of the climate crisis. An international study recently published in Scientific Reports links a potentially-fatal skin disease in the animals to climate change. According to the study, dolphins have developed a novel “fresh-water skin […]
Robbie Stuart has built an impressive resume over the years having secured positions with mega-labels like Alexander Wang and Helmut Lang. However, there came a time when the Parson alum decided she wanted to do more than simply work for a fashion imprint; she wanted to use her skills and knowledge to effect meaningful change, which […]
It’s been 50 years since scientists have seen a tiny, mouse-sized elephant shrew recently rediscovered in the Horn of Africa. The species is known as the Somali sengi and looks like a very small ant-eater with its trunk-like nose. It’s a talented little fella, who can race around at 20 mph despite its teeny size. […]
As an unforeseen consequence of Italy’s coronavirus lockdown, their air and water appears to be getting cleaner due to the lack of humans being outside to contaminate them. Whether the same can be said for local computer monitors and phone screens? Well, during times like these you take what you can get. As an example […]
In the past month, Jeff Bezos was publicly shamed for donating $690,000 to Australian wildlife relief, and also was called out by his own employees over Amazon’s record on climate change. So, on Monday, the world’s richest man (with an estimated net worth of nearly $130 billion) openly shared a pledge to give $10 billion […]
A sperm whale that washed up on the shores of a Scottish island last week was discovered to have 220 pounds of trash in its stomach. As CNN reports via the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, the young whale died last week after it washed up on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, […]
During the 1950s and ’60s the U.S. detonated 67 nuclear bombs in or near the Marshall Islands. After that they also used the same islands to test out biological weapons. After that they took the irradiated soil and dumped it into a crater that was formed by a nuclear blast. To put it in easy-to-understand […]
People around the world are using the hashtag #PrayforAmazonia as fires continue to ravage Brazil’s rainforest. EuroNews reports that these blazes—which have been burning the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, and Mato Grosso for weeks—became so severe that the state of Amazonas was forced to declare a state of emergency earlier this month. Smoke produced by the fires […]
The Trump Administration has taken another yet step towards exacerbating the effects of climate change by announcing an overhaul of the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior said on Monday that certain regulations will be controversially reduced, drawing criticism from environmentalists who have aptly noted that many plant life and animal species will be imperiled as […]
Megan Thee Stallion‘s inaugural “Hottie Beach Clean Up” was a success. On Thursday afternoon, the Houston rapper joined her fans at Santa Monica Beach to help pick up litter as part of a new initiative. Megan announced the event via social media earlier this week, stating: “Hey Hotties I’m having the first ever HOTTIE BEACH CLEAN […]
