Iran has been the subject of countless news stories more in the past year than perhaps any other nation, and with good reason. The nation has an extremely complicated and diverse history that is sometimes not easy to understand regardless of any research or reading one may do. In the past, I personally had found it difficult to truly get a grip on what was happening in Continue Reading
July 4, 2009
“Persepolis” sheds light on life in Iran
Written By Reema
US gives poor environmental performance among G8
Written By Aurelia
Recently, the WWF-Allianz SE G8 Global Climate Scorecard report was released, showing how the members of G8 ranked in cutting CO2 emissions and introducing clean energy. Basically, the report showed their progress in “going green”.
The United States was second to last.
And if this ranking wasn’t bad enough, it’s actually a step up from before.
This ranking is due to a couple of reasons, one of them being greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US are up Continue Reading
July 2, 2009
Sea Grass Ecosystem as Threatened as Tropical Rainforests
Written By mary
According to the National Academy of Sciences, 70% of all marine life is somehow dependent on sea grass beds for their existence. They provide a habitat and food for various forms of endangered marine life and absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide. Sea grass beds reduce the wave energy that reaches coastlines, increases water quality and decreases sedimentation float that has the capacity to destroy coral reefs in neighboring areas. Sea grasses play an enormous role in regulating and Continue Reading
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