The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on global warming and its impact on the world. Here are five major takeaways: “Global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C [above pre-industrial levels] between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase...
Who can use good news? This month The Ocean Cleanup launched a 2,000-foot boom designed to gather plastic debris and clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. According to The New York Times, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch floats between California and Hawaii and is comprised of...
Happy August! Dr. Sarah-Jeanne Royer published a new study, which finds that “the most commonly used plastics produce two greenhouse gases, methane and ethylene, when exposed to ambient solar radiation.” In other words, as plastic waste decomposes, exposure to the sun causes the plastic to emit...
Mama Nature is phenomenal. This month, scientists from The Ohio State University discovered that the earth’s bedrock in Antarctica is rising at one of the fastest rates ever recorded -- a whopping 41 millimeters (1.6 inches) per year! Wait, the earth rises? Shh, we didn’t realize that...
This month kicks off a new series for the Remyndr blog. Each month, we will report on two environmental news items -- one local, one international -- to keep readers informed and inspired in their efforts to protect the planet. This month, we look at a...
Happy February! Happy Black History Month! Happy Valentine’s Day! With all that happens in the news, it’s hard to make sense of everything. It can be even harder to read good news that inspires hope. Fear not! We found an item and we want to share it...
Happy New Year’s Eve! What a year it has been! As 2017 draws to a quiet close, we look at our 2017 resolution, at world events, and at the people and experiences for which we’re most grateful. Also we take a look ahead to the...
The Trump administration released a Climate Science Special Report earlier this month. The report states that human activity is the primary cause of climate change and global warming. Called “the most comprehensive science report in the world” by climate scientists, it comes as the Trump...
Over the past month, the world has witnessed massive earthquakes in Mexico, wildfires in the American West, and thousand-year hurricanes in the Atlantic. Believe it or not, like it or not, ready or not, climate change is here, and overdevelopment plays a role in the danger...
On July 19th, Science Advances published a study entitled “Plastics: Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made.” Authored by Roland Geyer, Jenna R. Jambeck and Kara Lavender Law, the study combines global data on the life cycles of polymer resins, synthetic fibers, and...