Category: Biodiversity / Biodevastation

A new study finds that toxic dust from the shrinking Salton Sea is impairing lung growth in children living nearby. As water levels decline due to drought, agricultural diversion, and climate pressures, exposed lakebed releases dust laden with chemicals and metals. Researchers tracking over 700 children report reduced lung function and higher respiratory symptoms, with…

Unsupervised, solitary screen time on TV or handheld devices may worsen behavioral and emotional challenges in young children who already struggle with language skills, according to a small but important study. The research shows that preschoolers and kindergarteners with poor communication skills and smaller active vocabularies developed more behavior problems over six months if they…

Green manure has many benefits for producers, consumers, and the environment, and it returns control over key inputs to family farmers. A war in the Middle East does not affect the price of cover crops used to fertilize fields and build soil health, or their ability to absorb and hold water.

Why would they wind up with drives of their own that we didn’t put there on purpose? Because nobody puts much of anything into AIs on purpose in the first place. AIs aren’t like traditional software, where every piece was put there by some programmer who knows precisely what it means. All sorts of weird…

A dangerous convergence is underway: climate shocks, geopolitical conflict, economic instability, and unchecked AI risks—all colliding under the erratic leadership of Donald Trump. This searing analysis exposes how policy failures—from dismantling disaster response systems to provoking war with Iran—are amplifying global vulnerabilities. As El Niño intensifies and critical institutions are hollowed out, the world edges…

Kickbacks, sham studies and regulatory payoffs distort prescribing and drug approvals

Big Green groups taking millions from Big Tech have abandoned vulnerable communities to become accomplices in data center proliferation rather than opponents.

Industrial agriculture is perpetuating one of the greatest threats to mankind.

Microplastics—tiny fragments born of a fossil-fuel economy—have silently permeated oceans, marine life, and the human body, revealing a crisis far deeper than visible pollution. From seabed sediments to seafood on our plates, these particles disrupt ecosystems, impair species, and bioaccumulate across the food chain, raising urgent health concerns. As shows, even staple foods like mussels…

Four women from Chikli Badra village in Banswara district of Rajasthan Kalpana Pargi, Santosh Pargi, Manjula Pargi, and Lalidevi Pargi set an inspiring example of self-reliance through community farming despite challenges such as sloping land, limited resources, and uncertain rainfall. With guidance and training from Vaagdhara organization, these women started collective cultivation of American maize…