Waste & Pollution

Acid Rain

Acid rain or acid deposition is created from a variety of pollution sources. It has damaging effects to the environment, outdoor structures, and humans. Though some attempts to re Read More

Endangered Species

Polar Bear: Fight for Habitat

Global warming is affecting all the animals of the world and the polar bear’s habitat is disappearing at a frightening rate. This beloved cultural icon will not have time to evo Read More

National Parks

Great Barrier Reef

If you’re an eco traveler who likes to go green, the Great Barrier Reef should be on your life list! The Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea is the most immense coral reef syste Read More

Environment

Salinity

Salt exists naturally in both land and water, but salinity occurs when there is a higher than normal level of salt in surface and groundwater as well as soil. Over-irrigation and Read More

Waste & Pollution

9. Chernobyl, Ukraine

In 1986 a secret Soviet Union power station at Chernobyl exploded, tossing radioactive particles into the air that spread all throughout Europe. Even now, more than 20 years later, Read More

Waste & Pollution

To reduce pollution which harms us by contaminating Air, Water and Soil

Air, water and soil pollution all have a negative effect on the health of humans as well as our environment. Pollution is caused when waste products are released that cannot be ef Read More

Endangered Species

The Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest mammal on the planet and on the endangered species list. Due to its great size, it was hunted to the point of extinction during the height of the wha Read More

Waste & Pollution

8. Norilsk, Russia

Noted by The Blacksmith Institute (1) as one of the world’s ten most polluted places, Norilsk, Russia shows a deeper picture of despair than T.S. Eliot’s poem, The Waste Land. Read More

Farm, Fish & Forestry

Resource Depletion

Resource depletion occurs when all of the natural resources in an area, both renewable and non-renewable have been exhausted. Human beings currently use resources far more quickly Read More