That means if there's no increase in food supply, many people could starve or be forced to flee in search of food. Currently, more than 2 billion people around the world are already food insecure. When faced with the decision to flee, most people want to stay in their own country or ...
As climate change stokes larger and more intense wildfires, firestorms are likely to become more common. Here’s why they occur and what makes them so dangerous.
Forests, fisheries, oceans, rangeland, freshwater systems (lakes, wetlands, rivers) and other natural ecosystems are all threatened while many are on the verge of collapse. Water, land, and air are getting increasingly polluted, water tables are falling, soil erosion is leading to desertification,...
How many acres of land are on the moon? How far is the planet Pluto from the sun? How far is Deneb from Earth? What is the distance from the Earth to Uranus? How many years does it take to reach the moon by spaceship? What does the moon weigh?
Not only are these tools designed to work in the hardest-to-reach places—many of them start working even before a baby takes that first breath. One of these innovations is a new type of ultrasound that’s changing who can catch the risks of preterm birth—and where. Around the world, ...
While Bristol is generally hilly and most of the urban area is far from the river, the most economically valuable areas of the city center and port regions are on comparatively low-lying land. More than 200 hectares (494 acres) of automotive storage near the port (often harboring up to 600...
Earth is the third planet from the sun. Earth is approximately 92.96 million miles from the sun and is located between the planets of Venus and Mars. Earth has one natural satellite, the moon. Key Ideas:The noun "Earth" comes from the word "earth" meaning dirt. Interestingly, the earth ...
Do electronics manufacturers hate the environment? Vampire power causes usually include one of the following: The gadget, such as a cell-phone AC adapter, constantly supplies a charge, even if the batteries are fully charged or if nothing is plugged into it. Many AC adapters, nicknamed wall ...
CEO Frank Pope: “We reached an inflection point.”) If that didn’t interest the U.S. government, Iain told the Senate, illegal wildlife trade was “often conducted by well-organized criminal networks that are undermining efforts to strengthen the rule of law and governance in many countries...
Older than dinosaurs and trees, sharks have endured a lot throughout their 450 million years on Earth. They’ve even survived five mass extinctions, including the asteroid that wiped out 75% of life on the planet. But many species of these aquatic apex p