environment

Appsilon is on a mission to tackle global challenges around climate change and biodiversity loss – the biggest threats faced by humanity. We collaborate with scientists, organizations, and businesses to make a...

A video caught at in deep sea shows a hammerhead shark. Its gills look almost invisible as it holds its breath.Alec B.M. Moore and Andrew R. Gates (2015). Deep-water observation of scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini in...

Tuesday’s Collection — Works from Age of AwarenessEvaluation of lessons, checking our authority, and ending the school yearPhoto by Dawid Małecki on UnsplashHow can we effectively conclude the academic year...

The Outer Banks, Paradise on EarthVisitob.comAs a curious child with an attraction to the outdoors, I could not have grown up in a better place than North Carolina. More specifically the Outer Banks, even more...

The last El Nino in 2015-16 impacted the amount of carbon dioxide that Earth’s tropical regions released into the atmosphere, leading to Earth’s recent record spike in atmospheric carbon dioxide. The effects of the...

Web performance is an unalloyed good. No one has ever complained that a website is too fast. So the benefit is pretty obvious. Users like fast websites. But there are other benefits to web performance. And they don’t...

Tuesday’s Collection — Works from Age of AwarenessMindfulness, scaffolding, and bullying in schoolsPhoto by Jay Castor on UnsplashEducation and the institutions that facilitate it are undeniably intricate and...

View of the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill, appx. 1 mile from the retention pond. This view is from just off Swan Pond Road. The pile of ash in the photo is 20–25 feet high, and stretches for two miles or so...

Eco-friendly reminder service with Twilio — Earth DayPhoto by Noah Buscher on UnsplashAgendaIn this article, we will create a subscription-based Eco-Friendly Reminder Service Application with Twilio for Earth...

Harri Weber We recently expanded our residency program to include an expert on the vast topic of climate. Our first Climate Resident, Harri Weber, has been hard at work curating captivating stories for our climate...

Irvine is a master planned community in Orange County, California, with a population of just over 300,000. It is one of the few areas of coastal California where home building is still quite robust, perhaps due to the...

Tuesday’s Collection — Works from Age of AwarenessYes, on a WednesdayPhoto by Nagara Oyodo on UnsplashFirst, our podcast episode with Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower on school lunches is out! Finall, I know. You can...

Reusables: Turning Food Waste into Environmental Solutions In April 2023, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, an alarming fact came to light – nearly one-third of the food purchased from supermarkets is wasted when it reaches...

View of the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill, approximately one mile from the retention pond. Courtesy of Wikimedia.It appears that the reign of Old King Coal is finally ending because of its impact on the...

Chronic diseases are the leading driver of U.S. health care costs, accounting for 85% of all healthcare spending.  We try to direct, cajole, influence, motivate and otherwise engage with patients to get them to better...

The first Earth Day in 1970 was about several things: 1) putting environmental issues on the map; 2) educating people about the severity of these issues; 3) mobilizing those people to take action; and 4) doing so in...