Referring to the surrounding ecosystem of the planet Earth, its natural mechanisms and balances, and study of the effects of human interaction with it.
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Is the honey bee apocalypse real?
In 2013 Time magazine wrote
A World Without Bees: The Price We’ll Pay If We Don’t Figure Out What’s Killing the Honeybee.
In 2021 New York Post writes
Why the honey bee ‘apocalypse’ is based on a lie
In 2021 MPR news writes
An annual survey of…
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Does the Karpen Pile work, producing continuous energy without refueling?
According to Wikipedia, the Karpen Pile is:
claimed by some to be a battery that has provided continuous energy for over 60 years, making the Karpen Pile either a supremely effective method of storing energy or a Perpetuum mobile.
Have there been…
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Do termites produce 10 times more CO2 than humans?
On October 21 2019 Australian Federal MP Malcolm Roberts posted an image to his Facebook feed claiming termites produce 10 times more CO2 than humans in a year. Is there a factual basis to this?
Screen shot of post for reference:
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Does an e-bike produces only 1/10 carbon emissions for each mile of an conventional electric car?
According to Lin, Bo (Deputy General Director at Furi E-Bike1): he says the following in an interview in the program Horizons from WOBI:
Bicycles to lead acid battery generates some pollution. The government has some regulations to limit bike…
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Is buying organic vs. conventional products better for the environment?
From http://www.goldengatexpress.org/2013/04/07/true-organic-food-benefits-environment-sustainability/:
Another reason to choose organic products is that the environmental footprint attached to organic food is smaller than that of conventionally…
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Are fossil fuels making the world greener?
The popular understanding (at least among those who are not climate skeptics) of global warming is that it is likely to create environmental catastrophe for reasons such as spreading deserts and environmental degradation (for example, the following…
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Are 100 million sharks killed by humans per year?
I've read from several sources that humans kill 11,000 sharks per hour or 100 million per year, for example :
The Humane Society of the United States, quoting Jean-Michel Cousteau
Look at what is happening to the great sharks. We humans are…
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Does having one fewer child reduce my carbon footprint as much as 71+ people going vegan?
In July 2017, ScienceMag reported on a study:
Eating no meat cuts an individual’s carbon footprint by 820 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year [...] by choosing to have one fewer child in their family, a person would trim their carbon…
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In Miami, can you see fish from the ocean swim on the streets because of the sea level rise?
I was reading this article at theBlaze.com that talks about an interview Al Gore had with Chris Wallace (shown on Fox News on Sunday Jun 4, 2017).
The article focuses on claims that Al Gore had made about climate change, such as that he made in his…
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Does the meat industry cause 414 billion dollars in externalized costs?
About 34 minutes into the 2014 Documentary Cowspiracy, there is a statement by David Simon, the author of Meatonomics, about hidden costs of animal food production.
I've added up the costs of animal food production, that the producers,
don't…
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Does using ethanol fuel save money, and is it better for the environment?
In the last couple of years, petrol companies have started offering petrol with 10% ethanol in them, presumably at a cheaper price than normal unleaded.
However, I've noticed (although this is just from a gut feeling), that my car when using fuel…
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Do honeybees disrupt native pollinators in North America?
One of my colleagues at work is vegan, and I became curious about why vegans don't eat honey.
After a search on the internet I found a website explaining why honey is not vegan.
However what baffled me was the claim that bees are harmful to the…
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Does Ecological taxation work?
From Wikipedia:
Ecotax (short for Ecological taxation)
refers to taxes intended to promote
ecologically sustainable activities
via economic incentives. Such a policy
can complement or avert the need for
regulatory (command and control)
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Would an EMP in the US Cause all of our active Nuclear Power Plants to melt down and explode?
In an article from the National Journal released and linked to from the Drudge Report today(28MAR2014), Peter Pry, "a former CIA officer and head of a congressional advisory board on national security" claimed that a single EMP that is large enough…
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Do candles emit ten times the carbon dioxide of an equivalent lightbulb?
In Wasteful Earth Hour?, it's claimed that candles emit roughly 10 times the carbon dioxide of light bulbs of the same brightness. While emissions will vary depending on the candle, the lightbulb and the electricity source, is this claim more or…
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