Fresh water is so important to pretty much all life but we only have so much of it. Which is why finding more is so exciting! A new freshwater reserve has been discovered offshore of New Zealand. The new reserve could help areas that regularly struggle with drought.
People have panic bought all the toilet paper everywhere. That’s not cool but luckily, stores are restocking the shelves so hopefully we don’t find ourselves in dire straights. Wondering how much you’ll need to last a prolonged home stay? Check Toilet Paper Calculator.
Plastic is a huge problem. Wouldn’t it be handy if something could just eat it all up? Well, turns out there’s a very small worm that does. The waxworm is a very unassuming larvae that can make its meals from our plastic waste.
Please stop flushing things that aren’t toilet paper down the loo. Seriously, it’s a bad idea. People flushing non-toilet paper items like paper towels and tissues are causing huge backups in the sewage systems all over the place.
Food scarcity is one of the big concerns in the climate crisis. Most people don’t live in an rural area so they probably think that they can’t grow their own food but it turns out that growing food in the city on empty land and it could feed a lot of people.
Hey, you probably aren’t cleaning your carpets and rugs enough. And if your home or the room they’re in in damp then they’re probably growing mold. Which is a real bummer. And not great to breathe in. A new study has revealed that we’ve gotta stay on top of cleaning our rugs because mold and fungi set in fast.
Ice loss is speeding up and this is not great. The more ice that melts, the higher the seas rise which puts more people in danger from coastal flooding and displacement. Doing what we can to slow the climate crisis is one thing but we must all be prepared for a world where our coasts are different.
Talking about climate change is politically polarizing. It shouldn’t be, we all live on the same planet, together, but the subject has been taken up by political circles and people tend to fall on different sides of the debate. But by using moral foundations theory, maybe we can get everyone to agree.
