If butterflies’ and dragonflies’ colours fade, blame global warming
According to a new study the colour of butterflies and dragonflies depends on climate. Global warming is changing the way they are distributed in favour of lighter-coloured ones.
Even in western countries people used to eat bugs
Scorpions, grasshoppers, grubs, ants, termites… In many countries worldwide people eat insects and in the past this was a common practice even in western countries.
Say farewell to the Statue of Liberty (and to a fifth of UNESCO sites)
A fifth of UNESCO sites will disappear within a few decades. This, according to a Austro-German study.
Google Earth shows global warming
A Google Earth plugin is not available through which local temperature data reveals the effects of global warming.
What is fracking (or hydraulic fracturing)
What is fracking, what are its advantages for governments and disadvantages for the environment. And two recommended films to learn about it without getting bored.
Shale gas and fracking: methane extracted from rocks
Something is changing in the world’s energy market: shale gas, gas extracted from porous rocks through fracking, plays now the lead role.
What are carbon credits?
Imagine a stock exchange where a multitude of brokers scream to sell and buy. Calls, handshakes, shouts. But there’s something different. Brokers do not exchange stocks, but… trees.
What is the Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol, signed in 1997 and which entered into force in 2005, is the global agreement on climate that binds industrialised countries to limiting their CO2 emissions.
Food taboos
A few peoples appreciates food items that other peoples hate. Which are food taboos in the different countries of the world?