Submitted by: Cindy Zhang Have you ever wondered about how farm animals are being treated before being slaughtered and served to your dining table? Thanks to social media, animal cruelty has been a highlight recently Farms and companies use the high demand …
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Submitted by: Lauren Watt There is no question that air has always been a central topic in many European countries. What’s ironic is that there are still people who believe that global warming and air pollution don’t exist! According to the European …
Read More »Digital Going Green
Submitted by: Stephanie Zhang As more people go digital with their new technology from Christmas, there rings a greater urgency for companies to minimize their carbon footprint. One might think streaming movies and music would be more eco-friendly than using CDs and …
Read More »The Unexpected Danger of Raw Cookie Dough
Submitted by: Jasmine Pao As a kid, the most exciting thing about baking is trying to sneak off a little bit of the raw cookie dough before your mom can stop you. She chastises you about getting salmonella from the raw eggs …
Read More »Antarctica Ice-Sheets
Submitted by: Lauren Watt Greenland, much of which is covered in ice, is located in the Danish territory between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. There is an ice sheet covering the island of Greenland, and we can see dramatic melting in …
Read More »Trump’s Green Environment
Submitted by: Aimi Wen America’s new president elect, Donald J. Trump, is rather famous for his stance on the environment. He promotes the use of coal and natural gas. He chose a climate-skeptic as the new head of the EPA and even …
Read More »California Recreational Marijuana Legalization: Car Crash Fears
Submitted by: Jasmine Pao On November 9th, while some people began to comprehend how horrible the country was going to be for the next four years, others decided to look on the bright side. They went to Facebook grasping for likes, posting …
Read More »ENDANGERED: Bees
Submitted by: Jasmine Pao When people think of bees, they typically think about the annoying pest that leaves children crying and teens pretending they aren’t crying. Most people would be glad to just get rid of them. Now, this dream might actually …
Read More »One of Earth’s Most Dangerous Supervolcanoes Awakening
Submitted by: Stephanie Zhang The last time Italy’s Campi Flegrei erupted was 500 years ago. Its eruption 40,000 years ago is suspected to have contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals, and its eruption 200,000 years ago triggered a “volcanic winter” when …
Read More »Glowing Roads
Submitted by: Aimi Wen Humans have become increasingly dependent on electricity. Electricity lights our homes, provides us warmth, moves us from place to place, builds things, and so much more. However, there are several instances where our precious electricity is wasted. In …
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