Earth Wise

France’s roadways are known both for their historic cobblestone streets and infamous traffic jams.  But French officials recently decided to forgo the traditional brick and pavement in order to capitalize on all the vehicle traffic. What’s their goal?  A power-producing solar roadway.  Officials in France said the planned 1,000-kilometer-long solar roadway – dubbed the ‘Wattway’ […]

The Zika virus epidemic is yet another disease transmitted by mosquitoes.  Those tiny insects are responsible for spreading many of the world’s worst diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever.   According to the World Health Organization, over 400,000 people worldwide died from malaria in 2015. Given these facts, wouldn’t it be better if […]

A new global analysis of seafood has found that fish populations in all the oceans of the world are contaminated with industrial and agricultural pollutants, which are collectively known as persistent organic pollutants or POPs. While this is not what we want to hear, the new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography provided […]

There is a global effort underway to combat climate change.   The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the primary culprit.  As a result, there are two things to do about it:  reduce the amount of CO2 we are dumping into the atmosphere and try to remove some of what is already there. The second strategy is […]

Bolivia’s second largest lake has nearly disappeared. Lake Poopó, a saltwater lake located in a shallow depression in the Altiplano Mountains, used to cover an area about the size of Los Angeles. While it’s not the first time the lake has dried out, scientists believe its recovery hangs in the balance due to the combined […]