Air travel is one of the biggest contributors to environmental damage. In 2020, just before Covid-19, more than four billion passengers had traveled by air; this is the highest number in the last 10 years. Air travel is the least sustainable mode of transportation, contributing to 2.4% of the global carbon footprint. Even though 2.4%…
Category: 1) Air Pollution
Are Electric Cars Greener?
Electric vehicles will be around for a long time. What seemed like a mere dream a decade ago is now the future’s default setting. States and countries have set deadlines by which combustion engine cars that consume fossil fuels and produce pollutants will no longer be sold. As a result, major automakers have decided to…
Heat Waves: Thousands Of Victims.
Despite the serious threat extreme heat presents to our health and economy, people tend to perceive intense heat differently from other climate disasters. Heatwaves don’t get the same attention as a flood or a hurricane, because the damage isn’t as visually obvious. But that’s not to say that heatwaves aren’t causing concern. For example, professional…
What Are the World’s Countries Doing About Climate Change?
After the international climate agreement in Paris in 2016, most developed nations have taken notice that small island nations and glaciers are the first ones to be affected by climate change. There are a number of actions taken by each country to fight against climate change and these are sure taken into consideration of…
Everything You Need To Know About Acid Rain.
What Is Acid Rain? During the 1970s and 1980s, “acid rain” was one of the most well-known environmental problems in Europe and North America. It was often featured in news reports and was sometimes mentioned in daily newspapers, television series and other forms of media. The visibility of acid rain in the media, however, has…
5 Environmentally Harmful Factors
Humans are just animals, just like any other species. We may be more intelligent than most, but we are still flesh and blood, and our environment is essential. We can only be healthy and satisfied when everything around us is in balance. Unfortunately, there are many things that some of us live close to that…
The Most Polluting Industries for the Planet
There’s no doubt that industries play a significant role in the damage done to the earth. They are responsible for 2/3rds of the pollution that led to climate change. Besides, not only does such pollution negatively affect the environment, but it is also hazardous to human health! Below are some examples of pollution that large…
Let’s Know More About Indoor Pollution
When most people think of the word “pollution,” they picture smog in the air in a busy city. But indoor air pollution is sometimes even more dangerous than outdoor pollution. There are all sorts of things that can be responsible for indoor air pollution. The gases emitted by heating equipment, the fibers of dust and…
How to Improve Air Quality?
Air quality refers to the condition of air within our surroundings. However, the quality of air on Earth has been worsening due to a considerable amount of air pollutants that are being released in the Earth’s atmosphere every day. If we do not want our planet to end up being destroyed by air pollutants, we…
The 7 Most Unacceptable Forms of Pollution
In our lives, we have been confronted in one way or another with environmental pollution that has affected us in many ways. Pollution is the harmful substances that are released into the environment. The toxic materials are called pollutants. These can be natural, such as volcanic ash, and others result from human activities, such as…