Category Archives: Sustainability & Climate Change

A significant problem across the world, is the possibility of many animals going extinct through long term declining rates. Animals face many threats that cause lots of death, primarily deforestation and forest degradation. Deforestation is the purposeful clearing of forested lands and areas for other uses such as agricultural purposes. This is seen through manyContinue reading “Endangerment due to Deforestation”

The ozone layer is a thin part of the Earth’s atmosphere which absorbs a majority of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet light, and thus prevents the harmful sun rays from reaching Earth’s surface. This helps prevent damage to crops, plants, and micro-organisms, and significantly reduces the risk of skin cancer and eye cataracts. However, the ozone layer hasContinue reading “Earth’s Ozone Layer Depletion”

Polar Bears on the southern edge of the Arctic are continuously dying in high numbers. Government surveys have recently revealed that rate of polar bear death has been significantly increasing over the past couple years. Since the 1980s, the number of living polar bears has dropped by 50%, and now polar bears are on theContinue reading “Polar Bears Death Rates”

This past Thursday, November 24, 2022, the coastal city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia was swept by floods by record rainfall. These floods were quite severe and two people unfortunately died, and all residents were recommended to stay indoors. The torrential downpour additionally caused flight delays at the King Abdulaziz International Airport, school closures, andContinue reading “Saudi Arabia Flood”

You may be wondering, what is COP 27? Is it a case with a police officer? Well, the answer is no, COP 27 refers to the 27th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty between 198 partiesContinue reading “COP 27”

Currently, around the world, there are several rivers that are drying up. Rivers dry up due to droughts or lack of rain, and it can also be caused by excessive heat waves. Rivers drying up is detrimental for the world as they cause a serious risk to shipping routes, agriculture, energy supplies, drinking water, etc.Continue reading “Rivers– They’re Drying Up!”

Hurricane Ian is currently infiltrating the United States and its level is rising. Hurricanes are the most violent storms and primarily form near the equator over warm ocean waters. This is why most Hurricanes are around tropical areas. Hurricane Ian formed around Cuba and came up to the United States having devastating effects on coastalContinue reading “Hurricane Ian”