Antigua and Barbuda’s annual fight to control the invasive sargassum seaweed has received a shot in the arm from the government of Japan. The Japanese government is providing financing for the purchase of equipment to tackle the seaweed. During the virtual signing ceremony, Prime Minister Browne pointed...
Environmental Science
Mangroves can prevent billions of dollars in flooding damage
Mangroves serve as speed-breakers in coastal storms, cyclones and tsunami (Photo by Stephan Ridgway) Hurricanes and tropical storms are estimated to cost the U.S. economy more than US$50 billion yearly in damage from winds and flooding. And as these storms travel across the Atlantic, they also ravage many Caribbean nations. ...
These South Sudanese Teens Built Robot to rid the World’s Oceans of over 8.3bn Tons of Plastic
Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News From the 1950s to the 70s only a small amount of plastic waste was produced globally. By the 1990s plastic waste generation had more than tripled in two decades following a similar rise in plastic production. It rose in the early 2000s more in a single decade...
Renewable Energy (Advantages and Disadvantages)
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Energy In Today’s Global Society
Energy is an abstract concept that is very familiar to students from personal experiences with household appliances, transportation, and their own bodies. However, the nature of energy, energy transformations, and energy conservation are poorly understood, even by most adults. The geopolitical and environmental issues associated with energy and its consumption...