2021 – Space-explorers | Earth Science, Ecosystems and Sustainability

The Environmental Impacts of Fast Fashion

The environmental impacts of fast fashion The mass production of fast fashion, as shown here, can negatively affect the environment with its extreme use of nature’s resources. (Think Sustainability) Our planet is already carrying a heavy burden ever since we…

Environment, Environmental science

How Plants Grow and Show Signs of Life

As always, it would begin with a seed inside a bunch of brown soil. Then a green sapling would pop up out of nowhere, and, day by day, it would get bigger and taller until it was fully grown. Sometimes,…

Environmental science

Surprising Facts About Squirrels and Their Lives

Do you know that squirrels zig-zag to escape from predators? To start with, squirrels are funny because of the way that they eat and contact one another. They are also great animals to learn about. Baby squirrels are called “kits”,…

Environmental science

The Uncertain Future of Coral Reefs

Coral bleaching is the phenomenon in which coral reefs turn white while algae living inside the coral perish. (NBC News) Each year, billions of tourists are drawn to the beauty of tropical shores and flock to places such as the…

Environment, Environmental science

Will Earth Ever Run Out of Natural Resources?

Will the Earth ever run out of resources? Coal mines in Columbia (Scott Wallace/World Bank) You have probably heard doomsday warnings such as “climate change will be irreversible by 2030” or “fossil fuels will run out by 2060” to the…

Environment, Environmental science

The Seven Supercontinents of Earth’s History

An artist’s rendition of what the early supercontinent, Ur, might have looked like. You’ve probably heard of Pangaea, the enormous supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and broke apart into the continents we know today. But did you know…

Environmental science

Ocean Garbage Patches: A Buoyant Dumpster Fire

Garbage ‘patches’: A buoyant Dumpster-fire A turtle entangled in a ghost net. (The Ocean cleanup) Right now, as you read this, a 1.6 million-square-kilometer expanse of trash is sailing in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Hawai’i. The word…

Environment, Environmental science

Practical Methods for Studying Efficiently

Studying for hours for little results, cramming at the last minute the night before a test, or forgetting everything you just studied. These methods are deemed inefficient for obvious reasons, but what exactly is efficient studying? What form of studying…

Environmental science

What Is Bubble Tea and How Is It Made?

Bubble tea: a delightful mix of refreshing tea and chewy boba (FoodUnfolded) Bubble tea has quickly become a global phenomenon since its invention in Taichung, Taiwan in the 1980s. A refreshing mix of cool tea and sweet spheres of chewy…

Environmental science

Dark Matter: The Universe’s Most Influential Mystery

Dark matter: The most influential mystery in the universe This is an AI-generated image of a dark matter map. (Milennium-II Simulation / U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory) One of the biggest and most influential mysteries in the universe is…

Environmental science