Hey, good news! We already have enough soil to absorb 5.5 billion tonnes of CO2 every year but we have to make choices to protect it so it can help us out. If we just leave the dirt alone, it will do the work for us but the hard part is. . . leaving it alone.
In this time of uncertainty, getting tested for the coronavirus has been difficult to access for many people and for those that are tested, the wait for answers can be torturous. The FDA has approved a test that can give answers in 45 minutes.
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.
