By: IFL Science While Trump et al. continue to do all they can to trash the environment and pretend climate change isn’t happening, certain US states continue to forge their own low-carbon path. The Golden State has always had a penchant for clean energy, and now it looks like they’ve broken another renewable record. As…
Spot A Centipede On Your Floor? You Shouldn’t Squish It – Here’s Why
By: Jonathan Maes/Shareably When people see a spider, a cockroach or any other small animal that isn’t exactly friendly-looking, we tend to take a shoe and simply squish it. Squishing centipedes, however, isn’t always a good idea. Now admittedly, centipedes aren’t exactly appealing to see and some might even be scared of the mere thought of…
Mom Posts Video Of Symptoms Of ‘Tick Paralysis’ To Warn Parents
By: Maria Guido/Scary Mommy Mom warns parents to be aware of symptoms of “tick paralysis” The warm weather is arriving, so is the time of year parents begin to worry about ticks again. If you live near a woody area, chances are you are on high alert during the warmer months. Deer ticks can be infected with the…
Mount Everest’s Famous Hillary Step Destroyed By 2015 Nepal Earthquake
By: IFL Science The devastating April 2015 earthquake in Nepal has, among other things, done some peculiar things to Mount Everest. A few months back, a reconnaissance team was sent out to map it again to see if it had changed height. Rather amusingly, no-one knows yet if it’s now taller or shorter than before….
“Doomsday” Vault Flooded After Permafrost Melts Due To Climate Change
By: Kristy Hamilton/IFL Science The fortified Svalbard Global Seed Vault, designed to protect the world’s seeds from disaster and environmental devastation, has been flooded. The culprit? Climate change. “It is a fail-safe seed storage facility, built to stand the test of time – and the challenge of natural or man-made disasters,” reads the website by Crop Trust, the organization…
American Trees Are Moving West, And No One Knows Why
By: Robinson Meyer/The Atlantic As the consequences of climate change strike across the United States, ecologists have a guiding principle about how they think plants will respond. Cold-adapted plants will survive if they move “up”—that is, as they move further north (away from the tropics) and higher in elevation (away from the warm ground). A…
Artist Replaces Billboards With Photos Of The Landscapes They’re Blocking
By: Twisted Sifter Visible Distance/Second Sight is an art installation by Jennifer Bolande for DesertX. The temporary artwork can be found along the Gene Autry Trail near Vista Chino (33°50’41.70”N 116°30’21.02”W), where a series of consecutive billboards have been replaced by perfectly aligned photos of the landscapes they are blocking. From the DesertX project page: Each…
South Pacific Island Uninhabited For 600 Years Is Drowning In Plastic
By: Stephen Luntz/IFL Science There truly is no Earthly escape from the waste we have unleashed into the environment. Henderson Island in the South Pacific has been found to host hundreds of pieces of plastic per square meter of beach, with even more items buried in the sand. World heritage site Henderson Island is among the…
Italian Supervolcano Is Far Closer To Erupting Than Previously Thought
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Heads up, ladies and gentlemen – the Phlegraean Fields supervolcano, known in its native Italy as Campi Flegrei, is potentially on the edge of an eruption. A brand new modeling study has concluded that the prolonged period of unrest it’s going through has pushed the volcano closer to an eruption than…