Environment

Species Extinctions Cause for a Concern

By sarajean on 10/13/09 10:16pm
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Scientists are reporting some disturbing news about the rate of species extinction these days. There has been a rapid increase in the number of species that are going, going and gone, mostly attributed to loss of ecosystems and biodiversity in general.

These losses are largely attributed to climate change, urban sprawl and pollution—all at the hands, or mostly at the hands, of humans. Scientist members of the Diversitas group of experts on diversity say that world leaders have failed to combat this loss as they had previously committed to do.

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Cows and Methane Gas, A New Dietary Approach

By becksta on 6/8/09 9:33pm
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Cows and Methane Gas- A New Dietary ApproachCows and Methane Gas- A New Dietary ApproachA few years ago, researchers at my alma mater the "esteemed cow college" Washington State University looked into whether or not gaseous emissions from cows had an effect on global warming. Surprisingly, the results came in that the methane gases the cows were belching, were also trapping heat and not helping the cause to fight green-house gases. In fact, methane gases are known to have up to 20 times the heat-trapping capability of carbon dioxide.

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