Coauthored by Ashley Smith While many of us are concerned how Corona Virus will affect our health and economy in the long term, another area of our lives is being affected by the pandemic in some positive ways – our lived environment. NASA scientists are some of the people reporting their findings on the environmental…
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E-waste: A Problem That Just Keeps Getting Bigger
Moore’s Law is a technological law that states the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years and the cost of computers is halved. In layman’s terms, this means that technology exponentially improves to the point where consumers need to buy new technology every 2-4 years. While technological advancements are made for the…
Are the Olympics Worth the Environmental Devastation?
As we all know, the Olympics started last week and everyone around the world is thrilled to watch them. Among the not-so-thrilled include environmentalists and the thousands of plant and animal species that live in Sochi National Park. Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, promised the International Olympic Committee that these games would be “zero waste” and…