Chinese Glaciers Are Melting
Glaciers covering China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau are shrinking by 7 percent a year due to global warming. Due to warmer temperatures in the area known as “The roof of the world” Tibet and the surrounding high areas will be turned into a desert. If the temperature continues to rise it will cause a massive drought. It will [...]
Alaskan Coast Line Eroding Before Our Eyes
The Alaskan Coast Line is eroding rapidly. Climate change is believed to be at fault since Arctic Sea Ice recedes seasonally. The water warms up and transfers the heat energy to the shoreline, melting the frigid soil, allowing it to break off and dissipate in the water. The ice has always receded seasonally, however the amount of time the [...]
Environmentally Friendly Christmas Trees
How can we still enjoy our Christmas Celebrations and have an environmentally friendly Christmas Tree? The Original Living Christmas Tree Company, located in Portland Oregon and founded by John Vogel, has rented out 419 Christmas Trees this year with the environment in mind. Prices starting at $55.00 for a 7 ft Douglas Fir. They pull the [...]
Geothermal Power Plants: A Sustainable Green Energy
Geothermal Power Plants have been installed all over the world and are an inexhaustible or sustainable source of energy. The way they work is this: Holes are drilled to the core of the earth. Pipes are installed and heat comes up through the pipes.
The largest Geothermal Power Plant is located in California in a place called [...]
Green Roofs: An Eco-Friendly Concept
Green roofs are Eco-friendly and great for the environment. The concept is simple and easy to accomplish on most all roof tops. Most big cities, when seen from above, are black or dark gray roads and rooftops, converting the area into a heat absorbing environmental hazard. Instead of what was once trees and grass taking sunlight and C02 [...]
Everything You Ever Needed To Know About The Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
