Tag: oceans
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How To Stop DNA Size Plastics From Entering Your Body
Plastics that break down into particles as tiny as our DNA—small enough to be absorbed through our skin—are released into our environment at a rate of 82 million metric tons a year. These plastics, and the mix of chemicals they are made with, are now major contributors to disease, affecting the risk of afflictions ranging from…
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Scientists Urge Caution On Underwater Mining
For years the ‘bad ones’ have poisoned rivers, devastated forests and displaced communities, and now massive companies are rushing to dig up the seabed for precious metals. MIT: “The ocean’s deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient, potato-sized rocks called “polymetallic nodules” that contain nickel and cobalt — minerals that are in high demand for the…
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Dry Cleaning Clothes May Be Harmful To Your Health
Why you shouldn’t dry clean your “Dry Clean Only” clothes Spilled BBQ sauce on your favourite shirt this weekend? Dry cleaning may be your go-to, but did you know PERC, a toxic chemical that’s been phased out in several jurisdictions around the world, is the most commonly used solvent in Canada?…
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Nature’s Power Is Unleashed: Bold New Season At Boca Raton Museum Of Art
The power of nature is unleashed with two timely, powerful exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art for the new season. Both of these original shows ─ Maren Hassinger: Tree of Knowledge and Clifford Ross: Waves ─ will kick off the museum’s 70th anniversary season (on view November 5th – March 1st). The museum is presenting both exhibitions together because the two…
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Into The Depths Is How Far Down Companies Drill For Oil
Have you ever wondered how far down companies have to drill for oil? It’s quite staggering! Over the years, companies have had to go further and further into the earth in order to find Earth’s remaining oil and today we are deeper than ever. In this piece, we’ll be looking at the Z-44 Chayvo Well,…
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Help End Peru’s Savage Dolphin Hunt By Adding Your Signature
Dear Silo, Up to 15,000 dolphins are being killed every year in Peru’s waters — for bait to catch endangered sharks. A new report has forced the government to respond but they’re not taking enough action yet and meanwhile the dolphins and the sharks are being killed. We can stop the massacre by threatening Peru’s international reputation as…