Environmental Sciences News TED Countdown The United Nations Secretary General said, “Climate change is a race that we are losing, but it is a race we can win”. Climate change is one of the most pressing crises of our time which is happening at a pace faster than we imagined. The past 4 years have been the hottest on record […] Written by Zoha Asghar 2020-10-312021-08-03 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News The Doomsday Clock Strikes Midnight on November Fifth Despite being the defining emergency of our times, the climate crisis has certainly been overlooked this year. Amid the numerous calamities 2020 has rained down upon us, it’s important to remember the greatest threat of all: an impending doom that threatens to destroy the finely tuned life support machine we live on. The Earth has […] Written by Tooba Mir 2020-10-272021-04-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences A Warm World: We Are In Hot Water Our world is getting hotter with each passing day. July 2018 was one of the warmest months ever recorded, and the July temperatures have been higher almost everywhere on our planet in the past 10 years. Scientists have already warned that we must limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees to avoid the worst impacts […] Written by Saira Baig 2020-03-072021-03-25 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences News Aerosol’s Impact on Climate Change The increased use of non-renewable energy resources is usually considered the main cause of extreme climate change in the past few decades. However, scientists at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JLP) conducted studies that suggest the reduction in atmospheric aerosols can have a stronger impact on extreme winter weather compared to greenhouse gases. Aerosols […] Written by Aliza Khan 2020-03-072021-04-27 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences News Combating Pollution from Diesel Engines with Ducted Fuel Injection Technology With rising debates on the climate change crisis, researchers and scientists are working tirelessly to provide solutions to combat existing pollution levels and introduce methods to reduce pollution in the future as well. However, it is difficult to incorporate these methods as they are not yet cost-effective or efficient enough to run the global economy. […] Written by Aliza Khan 2020-02-232021-04-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences News Tuning to the Rhythm of Climate Change with Seismometers A seismometer is an instrument that is used to detect motion within the earth caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Connected with a timing and a recording device, the seismometer was originally made to listen out for vibrations in the ground due to moving tectonic plates; however, due to their sensitivity, they can be used […] Written by Aliza Khan 2019-11-102021-09-19 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Sciences News Forests Can Curb Global Warming Better Than We Think Planting trees to save the environment has been chanted like a mantra for decades now, but the extent to which trees could actually make a difference was still not clear until recently when Tom Crowther, a professor of global ecosystem ecology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, published a study in Science […] Written by Alizah Gul Memon 2019-07-272021-06-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured What Role Does Art Play in Combating Climate Change? Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme sat down with Ben Whitehouse, artist and founder of SkyDay, a citizen art project and call to action to address climate change. In the interview, Ben talks about his lifelong passion to connect people through art and science. Moreover, he describes his role models, from his student days and later […] Written by ideaXme 2019-03-172019-03-26 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
