Coastal dead zones are areas in the marine environment that are too depleted of oxygen to support life. Although there are natural cycles of oxygen depletion in major water basins around the world, the seasonal cycle of water warming and nutrient movement from rivers and lakes is being aggravated by human actions. Human pollution from [...]
YEP Comments
The Youth Earth Plan, version 0.5, is now available at http://www.ourtask.org/getinvolved/pdfs/yep.pdf, and we welcome comments on it. Note that each line of the draft YEP has a number in the left margin. If you have a general comment on the YEP, you need not specify line numbers. If you have a comment on a specific [...]
Another Tragedy of the Commons: Chinese waters suffer from unregulated pollution and fishing
In China’s race to catch up, industrial areas are growing the Chinese economy, but it’s not good for all Chinese people. While factory owners and big business owners rake in the money, increasing China’s GDP, much of the rest of the country still struggles. The environment is one victim of rapid industrialization, and its destruction [...]
