Yearly Archives: 2017

top4value.com - cleaning products — Do you have a multitude of cleaning products, at least one for every occasion, stored in your cupboards? Do you really need them all? Are you fully aware of the possibly harmful chemicals some of them may contain? Take a look a close look at the labels. A few years […]

Cleaning Products

19/07/2017 in Cleaning by akina

Cheetah - threatened with extinction — Human overpopulation and over-consumption are leading Earth to its sixth mass extinction faster than was previously thought, with the human race likely to be eradicated along the way, a new study warns. While much research has focused on the number of species being lost, this study, published this week in […]

Earth Already in Midst of Next Mass Extinction

13/07/2017 in Population tagged Extinction by akina

skull — Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. I. ‘Doomsday’ Peering beyond scientific reticence. It is, I promise, worse than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the […]

The Uninhabitable Earth

09/07/2017 in Environment News tagged Extinction by akina

cow methane emitter — The cost to the New Zealand economy to meet Paris Agreement targets will be $1.4 billion every year for a decade. But that money won’t be spent on reducing New Zealand’s domestic emissions – it’ll go towards paying other countries to reduce their emissions. In documents released under the Official […]

New Zealand to spend $14 Billion to meet Paris Agreement ...

22/05/2017 in Climate News tagged New Zealand by akina

emissions — A National disgrace. This government does not even intend to reduce emissions but to meet the pathetic targets by buying others’ carbon credits. New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2015 were 24.1 percent higher than 1990 levels – a far cry from the country’s commitment in the Paris agreement. Gross […]

New Zealand Seventh-worst Greenhouse Gas Emitter

08/05/2017 in Climate News tagged New Zealand by akina

industrial pollution — Skyrocketing Emissions On April 21, 2017 it was as hot as 46.6°C in Guinea, in West-Africa. That same time and day, a little bit to the south, at a spot in Sierra Leona, a level of carbon monoxide of 15.28 parts per million was recorded, while the temperature there was […]

10°C Warmer by 2021?

24/04/2017 in Climate News by akina

flooding in edgecombe — Perhaps climate change will go away if we ignore it. That seems to be the position of New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Bill English. English said it was “possible” the [recent Edgecumbe] flooding was linked to climate change but the Government didn’t spend time trying to make that connection. No need […]

Perhaps Climate Change will go away if we Ignore it?

11/04/2017 in Climate News tagged New Zealand by akina

selwyn river — Freshwater pollution and increasing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are among the biggest challenges New Zealand’s environment faces, says a new review. The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) has made 50 recommendations in its third environmental performance review. It said New Zealand’s economic growth model was approaching its […]

New Zealand’s Economic Growth Model pushing Environmental Limits

21/03/2017 in Environment News tagged New Zealand by akina

deforestation — Did you hear that many of the ultra-rich are preparing for abrupt climate change by buying spaces underground, and in spots like New Zealand. Sorry, but the Southern Hemisphere is no haven from abrupt climate system mayhem. A much better bet is for them to use some of their cash […]

Southern Hemisphere not a Haven

24/02/2017 in Environment Videos tagged New Zealand by akina

climate interaction — Increased inflow of warm water from the North Atlantic into the Arctic Ocean can cause methane to erupt from the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean. Methane releases from the seafloor of the Arctic Ocean have the potential to rapidly and strongly accelerate warming in the Arctic and speed up further […]

Human Extinction by 2030

08/02/2017 in Environment Videos tagged Extinction by akina