Most Recent Environment Articles

As a child I loved going to the beach. My cousins and I would go every Sunday and we would spend hours either playing in the sand or bathing in the water. Our parents always told us to respect the beach and to care for it, but not it seems as... (more »)

Free the Orcas There is one thing that I hate more than anything else, and it may be a little strange. I hate orcas in captivity. I started researching orcas more in depth last year, and I found out some surprising information about marine life... (more »)

“I will take you finest ribeye, cooked medium rare.” That’s what some of those rich city people say when they go and spend a lot of money at one of those fancy steak houses. But honestly, they don’t think about how the food got there on... (more »)

EXTINCTION DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY: We know that biodiversity is very important to our ecosystem, and our world, yet for a very long time human activity has been causing massive extinctions. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, released in... (more »)

Have you ever attempted to take in a deep, full breath while in a city? If you have, the result was probably just a pair of lungs filled with oxygen mixed with dirty air. Air pollution is one of the world’s biggest environmental issues, and most... (more »)

Take a Bath As a young lad, I always opposed bathing; whenever I resisted, my mother would always say, “Nobody likes a stinky fellow.” I didn’t realize until now how true it is. We live and depend on oil; we need it for nearly all of... (more »)

I am pained to look across a landscape tainted with acid rain deposition. I am pained to hear of a third world country deprived of access to clean water. I am pained to know of a global human disillusionment to pressing issues. Though I find that... (more »)

When it comes to preserving water and not polluting it, people are very careless. The average American uses 123 gallons of water a day. Of all the Americans combined, 7 billion gallons of water are wasted! Water is such an important part to... (more »)

Brian Kavanagh April 28, 2013 Have you ever thought about what your community would look like without litter? If so, it may take a while to find out. One person throwing something on the ground may not think much of it, however, when that trash... (more »)

There are a lot of different climates around the world and micro climates but by far minnesota for this year in 2013 has been very wierd. We got a foot in of snow in may which it was 70 on monday then school was canceled people all around town... (more »)