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Understanding Milankovitch cycles - The Ecologist
WEBJun 5, 2019 · This enhanced albedo, reflecting radiation into space leading to further cooling creating a positive feedback loop. There are three Milankovitch cycles: eccentricity, tilt and procession. Eccentricity. Firstly, orbital eccentricity is the longest of the orbital cycles taking roughly 100,000 years. It refers to the change in the shape of the ...
Should governments take more responsibility for the environment?
WEBMay 8, 2018 · Global reach. Many people are arguing for governments to take more responsibility for the environment. While there’s always an opposing side, there are some good reasons to hold the government to higher levels of accountability regarding climate change. Read on for some reasons governments can make a bigger impact if they take more action to ...
Slow fashion - The Ecologist
WEBJun 1, 2007 · Slow fashion is about choice, information, cultural diversity and identity. Yet, critically, it is also about balance. It requires a combination of rapid imaginative change and symbolic (fashion) expression as well as durability and long-term engaging, quality products. Slow fashion supports our psychological needs (to form identity ...
The Living Machine: an ecological approach to poo
WEBJun 8, 2010 · The Living Machine® system at Old Trail School in Ohio is an advanced wetland system, composed of three different wetland processes which treat 5,000 gallons of wastewater per day. Photo courtesy of Worrell Water Technologies, LLC. The next generation. Worrell’s most recent development borrows its inspiration from tidal wetlands.
Rising pollution is endangering species - The Ecologist
WEBOct 4, 2019 · Climate change and pollution continue to rise as threats, with severe weather, changing ecosystems and rising temperatures responsible for 33 animal extinctions, while pollution is responsible for 37 extinctions to date, new data shows. Agriculture and aquaculture is the biggest threat to endangered species, …
The impacts of 'eco-tourism' - The Ecologist
WEBJan 18, 2019 · The eco-tourism movement has continued to impact where people choose to spend their vacations. Eco-tourism serves to promote increased environmental awareness, sustainable communities, cultural experiences and environmental preservation and conservation. Yet the inherent nature of tourism demands that there be developments, which haven't always ...
A beginner's guide to permaculture gardening - The Ecologist
WEBMar 30, 2010 · Known as ‘stacking', a permaculture forest garden sees tall fruiting trees above a layer of dwarf varieties and nut bushes, which in turn shelter fruiting shrubs, with perennial herbs and vegetables, and finally roots underground. By covering the soil with plants, it is protected from water loss and erosion. Pests!
How will the world end? - The Ecologist
WEBJun 10, 2019 · A new comprehensive study considers the most likely ways the world will end, including disease, nuclear war, natural disaster and asteroid impact. Climate change poses a significant threat to humanity, as a rise in sea levels would lead to an increased incidence and intensity of natural disasters, including floods, tsunamis, earthquakes ...
Glyphosate: let's get off the pesticide treadmill - The Ecologist
WEBAug 17, 2018 · Glyphosate: let's get off the pesticide treadmill. Enough of the quick fixes, the sticking plasters that scarcely cover the wound. What farmers need now is help to get off the treadmill, and that requires a wholesale rethink of our food and farming systems - argues HELEN BROWNING. If there’s one thing I’ve had the occasional guilty longing ...