What Causes Earthquakes Ancient cultures all had their own beliefs about what caused earthquakes. These ranged from the elephants holding up the world were getting tired (India), a flea-infected dog that was pulling a sled under the...
Ocean Acidification Ocean acidification is the result of increased greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. When we talk about climate change, pollution or the greenhouse effect, we tend to first look to the changes that...
Building Sustainably The term built environment refers to the human-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from buildings and parks or green space to neighborhoods and cities that can often...
Recycling & Sustainability Sustainability is the ability to maintain a certain status or process in existing systems. The most frequent use of the term “sustainability” is connected to biological or human systems in the context of...
Environmental Management Environmental resource management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment...
Renewable Energy Renewable energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal...
Climate Change Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions,...
What are GM foods? What's in the name? It's a bit like Shrek, just as the word 'ogre' had villagers running for their pitchforks, the word 'GM' has normally sane people making placards and burning crops. Sooooo........let's all...
Using Bacteria for Good From an early age, we're told to wash our hands, not lick the dog, put the milk back in the frige and so on. Why? Because of BACTERIA! We're told that bugs, germs AKA 'bacteria' are bad for us, will make us...
Amazing Facts about Bacteria There's some facts in life you're just glad you learnt...like, don't put your mouth under the hand-dryer! 1. Do you use the hand-dryer to save paper towels? Well, drying your hands on a paper towel reduces...
