Environment

There are many national or state parks throughout the country and each has it's own story. Conestee Nature Preserve is the same. It is a story of recovery that has resulted in one of the most beautifu…

Microplastics, as the name implies, are tiny plastic particles. Officially, they are defined as plastics less than five millimeters (0.2 inches) in diameter--smaller in diameter than the standard pear…

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst disasters to hit the American south, causing over 100 billion dollars in damages, leaving 1,800 people dead and around 800,000 people homeless. However, in this …

The internet is carried throughout the world by cables laid across all five oceans and seven seas. Submarine communication cables contaminate the environment and are damaging to marine life. These cab…

Whether it is a plant or an animal, it definitely will die someday based on the laws of nature. However, in recent years, the extinction rate of plants and animals, especially the latter, has become h…

Hello, my name is Zoey Ciura. We all know the Florida Panther, right? It's our state animal and is a big part of Florida's pride and culture. The truth is that this poor creature is going extinct, and…

As stated by Charles Moore "Only we humans make trash that nature can't digest", even at school lunches. An everyday school lunch may include your sandwich in a plastic bag, a juice pouch, a bag of ch…

As our world industrializes further, we are faced with perhaps the foremost problem our civilization has ever faced: the degradation of earth itself. Our forests are becoming smaller, our water source…

Today, the environment is an issue that is on everybody's mind. The whole world is divided on the issue: Some people believe we are doing enough for the environment. Others have differing opinions. In…

The oceans make up more than 70% of Earth and it is important to keep the oceans clean. Unfortunately, that is not the case, the oceans have been suffering from a growing number of plastic pollution s…