Category: Environment 1339

On 29 December 2020, The Nature Conservancy in Texas, City of Dallas, and Texas A&M Transportation Institute started to install air quality monitors in nine Dallas neighborhoods. This ordinance is a part of the Breathe Easy Dallas project on that week. Breathe Easy Dallas is a collaboration with Texas A&M University Transportation Institute (TTI) Center…

In general, biodiversity is a key player in maintaining the survival of all kinds of life on Earth. However, in everyday life, it is hard to formulate what it is really about. What is surprising, scholars also tend to give broad definitions because of the wide scope of the phenomenon. Yang et al. (2021) formulate…

Jane Poynter was one of the first eight pioneer members, known as biospherians, to live in an enclosed environment where every aspect of ones life is developed and maintained from the enclosure. The stay in the research center was not that smooth because the biospherians faced their fair share of challenges. The first problem they…

Extreme weather events have been happening in various parts of the globe, leading to human suffering. This is the case in the Southern region of Madagascar, where extreme drought has left people with severe food insecurity. The drought has affected a population of 725,620 people in the regions of Andrefana, Androy, Anosy, and Atsimo. Food…

On December 3, 1984, in Bhopal, India, there happened to be a gas leakage of methyl isocyanate (MIC) from a pesticide manufacturing plant located in the city. The tragedy resulted in the loss of lives and other adverse negative effects on the community in Bhopal. At least 3,800 people died, and another 11,000 victims were…

The public concerns about the possible environment-related crisis emerged many decades ago, but, as practice shows, society is still unprepared for crises of any type, and the COVID-19 pandemic proves this statement. Thus, the international community should initiate social changes that will help avoid or, at least, minimize the risks of climate change and ecological…

On 29 December 2020, The Nature Conservancy in Texas, City of Dallas, and Texas A&M Transportation Institute started to install air quality monitors in nine Dallas neighborhoods. This ordinance is a part of the Breathe Easy Dallas project on that week. Breathe Easy Dallas is a collaboration with Texas A&M University Transportation Institute (TTI) Center…

The Clean Air Act is one of the most vital pieces of environmental legislation in the US. Currently, the policy is administrated by the US Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA. The agency works on all matters of environmental protection, collaborating with state and local governments alike. Currently only $1.4 billion are to be given to…

Jane Poynter was one of the first eight pioneer members, known as biospherians, to live in an enclosed environment where every aspect of ones life is developed and maintained from the enclosure. The stay in the research center was not that smooth because the biospherians faced their fair share of challenges. The first problem they…

Extreme weather events have been happening in various parts of the globe, leading to human suffering. This is the case in the Southern region of Madagascar, where extreme drought has left people with severe food insecurity. The drought has affected a population of 725,620 people in the regions of Andrefana, Androy, Anosy, and Atsimo. Food…