Category: Science-Technology

Top 10 Environmental Protection Agencies

Top 10 Environmental Protection Agencies

Environmental protection is the joint responsibility of every inhabitant of this planet, also know as the blue planet or Earth. There are different kinds of pollutants and contaminants spreading at a rapid speed in the natural environment around us, such as the atmosphere, sediment, surface water, soil and groundwater. Environmental protection has become very vital not only for [...]

April 24, 2012 | 0 Comments More
10 Global Warming Solutions

10 Global Warming Solutions

Technological advancements and growing needs have changed the natural climatic conditions. Increased burning of fossil fuels, raise in water, land and air pollution and increased use of fertilizers in an attempt to raise food production is the cause for accumulation of carbon compounds in the atmosphere. Raise in amount of carbon compounds in atmosphere is [...]

March 26, 2012 | 5 Comments More
10 Places Destroyed by Humans

10 Places Destroyed by Humans

The disasters caused by people may be more or less tragic, but none so terrible as when a man totally destroy the clear convenient place to live. Pripyat, Ukraine Pripyat is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine (Kiev region) near the border with Belarus. It was the city where the employees lived and worked in [...]

March 23, 2012 | 2 Comments More
Ways to Use Green Renewable Energy At Home

Ways to Use Green Renewable Energy At Home

Renewable energy is increasingly becoming popular because of the innumerable environmental benefits, plus the high-energy cost & forever advancing technology is leading people to think about installing intelligent systems that work on renewable energy in their houses. Energy that is coal-powered is polluting as well as expensive, nuclear power is potentially dangerous, and then there [...]

February 22, 2012 | 2 Comments More
10 Most Common Effects of Global Warming

10 Most Common Effects of Global Warming

One of the most controversial topics in today’s date is that of Global warming…and it has far-reaching consequences for our entire planet. Global warming has been described as a long-term effect of the greenhouse gases that will affect our planet’s (Earth) temperature as they build up in the atmosphere. Even though global warming’s a topic [...]

February 20, 2012 | 0 Comments More
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7 Environmental Online Games for Kids

Children will inherit this planet one day, and whatever we do in order to protect the environment today in order to be safe tomorrow, we have to teach them how to play their protective role themselves. Should they be environmentally conscious, we shouldn’t be worry about their harmony with the nature. With the right education [...]

October 3, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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8 Simple Tips to Save Energy at Home

Saving energy can be very useful for you: you save money while protecting the environment. People don’t know many ways to do so, and here’s a list of eight highly efficient ways to Save Energy at home. 1. Minimize the Phantom Loads Phantom loads are the energy which all electric devices consume even when unplugged. [...]

September 22, 2011 | 0 Comments More
The Animal Blood that Saves Lives

The Animal Blood that Saves Lives

Its blood is blue and comes from a creature more ancient and resilient than dinosaurs – and even medicine itself has claimed this animal to be “a new life-saving tool”.  Not only serving great purposes towards its natural habitat, but now saving countless human lives is the remarkable and bizarre horseshoe crab. Image Source: The [...]

August 31, 2011 | 8 Comments More
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6 Crazy Green Ideas

The title “crazy Green Ideas” is not perfect, having in mind that nothing that helps environment is crazy. However, there are some less conventional ideas which could be called so. 1. iPhone Hand Grip Power Charger The concept “You Can Work It Out,” created by designer Mac Funamizu aims to help environment through saving energy [...]

August 29, 2011 | 1 Comment More
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7 World’s Greenest Airports

When talking about airports and environmental issues, it’s hard to justify the airports. They pollute too much. However, the awareness raises and many airport managements turn toward implementation of eco-friendly measures in order t reduce the energy waste and carbon dioxide emissions. Here are seven airports which have done their best. 1. East Midlands Airport, [...]

August 11, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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7 Cool Green Gadgets

If you want to keep your green habits, but you still do not want to quit your favorite gadgets, the green gadgets, which become more and more popular recently are the solution. Here are seven of those useful cool green gadgets that will help you make good environmental impact but also will keep the money [...]

July 11, 2011 | 0 Comments More
5 Wonderful Things Inspired by Nature

5 Wonderful Things Inspired by Nature

“Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher” ~William Wordsworth With increasing awareness of our surroundings, we have begun massively exploring how we can manipulate and adapt our surroundings to evolve around us, rather than slowly adapting to our environment. Nevertheless, many impressive breakthroughs of technology that propel changes towards medicine, [...]

July 8, 2011 | 5 Comments More
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6 Environmental Universities

As awareness about environmental issues grows, environmental degree holders are more and more demanded on the labor market. Today there are many universities that offer such degrees, and these are six of them from US and all around the world, where you can get one for yourself, 1. State University of New York College of [...]

June 17, 2011 | 0 Comments More