Tag Archives: greenhouse emissions

Polar bears in trouble

As there is less and less ice in the Arctic each year, polar bears are passing difficult times. The ice melts and breaks a lot earlier in the season than before. According to some researchers made and reported in discovery news, this changing of the ice and the earlier melting affects the period of reproduction of the female bears and they have less cubs than before. More and more females are seen with one cub only whereas ...
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Most environmental countries in the world

The EPI (Environmental Performance Index) studies the most environmental countries in the world. In their website, you will see a map representing the most and least environmental countries. In order to rank the countries, it tracks ten policy categories covering environmental public health and ecosystem vitality.  Within those two categories, they classify for example the air pollution, divided on the effects on humans and the effects on ecosystem, the biodiversity and habitat or the agriculture. This is an ...
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The environmental impact of food

What to eat is a shot made by Jason Schwartzman that encourages to eat less meat in order to reduce global warming and climate change.  He encourages to change small things in our lives to make big improvements in the world. The video shows how changing what we eat can have an impact on the environment. The shot is an initiative of the environmental NGOs of United States, the Worldwatch Insitute, Food and ...
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