Tag: pollution
Group trying to develop new list of 7 Wonders of the World, with natural twist
The New 7 Wonders group has a new, more natural list of Wonders of the World. Visiting them will take you from South America to Africa to Asia and introduce you to some of Mother Nature's most breath-taking sites....
VIDEO: Cryogenics may be the key to saving Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Scientists from the United States and Australia are teaming up to try and help save disappearing coral reefs, by freezing coral eggs and sperm, so that endangered species aren't lost. The coral can be grown in the lab, and then implanted on the reefs....
House committee approves bill granting wide exemptions to environmental laws
House Republicans are trying to carve out a large exemption to federal clean environment regulations. A bill in committee now would grant the U.S. Department of Homeland Security an exemption from almost all environmental laws when on federal land, within 100 miles of an international border....
Tiny Pacific Island nation slipping beneath the ocean waves
In Kirbati, as the ocean levels rise, the island nation disappears. In time, the nation may have to move to giant floating islands in order to still have a home of their own....
Critical moments for sinking freighter off New Zealand
The freighter that hit a reef off the coast of New Zealand is in danger of causing even greater damage after bad weather caused off-loading operations to be suspended....
Containers with toxic cargo spill into ocean off New Zealand
Problems are escalating for a cargo ship that has been dumping oil into the ocean for days. The severely listing ship is now dumping toxic cargo containers into the ocean and they heading for shore....
NYU professor studying the way humans use transportation
Transportation systems in America are incredibly hard on the environment — between cars and airplanes and the like — but a professor in New York says that doesn't have to be the case....
Company making detergent bottles out of ocean plastic
The Pacific Ocean is filling with discarded plastic. One company wants to use that plastic to create recycled bottles....
Teen uncovers harsh chemicals left on clothes by dry cleaning
No one had quantified how much carcinogens linger in people's clothes after they get back from the dry cleaner's, until a high school student started asking questions....
Real life Wall-E: Robots that recycle
The Finnish research group ZenRobotics has designed a robot that can sort recycling without the help of human hands....
