Honeybees (wild and domestic) account for 80% of all pollination around the globe. Whilst grains are primarily pollinated by the wind, fruits, nuts, and vegetables are pollinated by bees. Seventy out of the top oneContinue reading
COVID-19’s Impact on Our Food System by Jessee Steele
COVID-19 has exposed fundamental flaws in our food system. Mathematical modelers from Bloomberg News predict that world hunger may double as a result of food shortages caused by the pandemic[1]. To help understand how coronavirusContinue reading
The Montreal Protocol and the Path to Ozone Layer Restoration by Leaf Kalikow
The ozone layer, which makes up part of the Earth’s stratosphere, is an area with a high concentration of ozone gas (O3); it serves as the Earth’s most effective means of absorbing harmful radiation, namelyContinue reading
The Modern History of North Carolinian Energy and Climate Change Policy: Discussing the Hog-waste Biogas Debate by Cameron Oglesby
In recent years, North Carolina has made significant progress in the way of renewable energy infrastructure and energy policy designed to reduce the state’s overall carbon footprint. In 2017, after President Donald Trump withdrew theContinue reading
Biodiversity Bottlenecks
We need to enhance natural processes that can accelerate diversification and allow emerging habitats to select the winners.
Lizardfall
If the speed and physical coordination of lizards is affected by incidental pesticide exposure, one may wonder what impacts it might have on the nerve transmission in humans
Air Conditioning
This speaks to the importance of planting trees in urban areas to lower ambient temperatures and reduce the need for air conditioning.
The Methane Mystery
The popularity of natural gas as a fossil fuel and its increased use are attractive candidates to explain the potential for increased leakage to the atmosphere.
The Smell of the City
With the shutdown of much of the economy, we can see the human impact on air quality, and the underlying volatilization of chemicals from our activities.
Bottled Up in Belmont: Why we should worry about coal ash by Grace Jeffrey
Regardless of who you are or where you live, clean drinking water is a necessary component of everyday life. Consequently, in 2010 the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 64/292, “explicitly recogniz[ing] the human rightContinue reading