Green Options

Nitrous oxide, more commonly known at your dentist’s office as laughing gas, is now the most prevalent man-made substance damaging the ozone layer. And it’s a greenhouse gas. Sadly, the joke’s apparently on us.

Scientists have been warning us that global warming may severely threaten the survival of marine populations for several years now. But in a new study, published in Science this past Friday, they may have just found the ocean’s equivalent of the canary in the coal mine when it comes to fluctuating ocean temperatures. There’s just one little problem. This canary is worth $500 million.

January is a good month. It’s a month that is the human symbol of starting over. Out with the old, in with the new. This January was particularly exciting for us here in the US, as we ushered in a new era of progressive politics with almost a little too much pomp and circumstance. But underneath the excitement lies a particularly disconcerting truth. We still have a nation to fix.

If you know where to look, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Website is a rich resource for anyone interested in all things Earth: from the fragile ecosystems of the U.S.’s 13 marine sanctuaries to the latest on which natural or man-made disasters are wreaking havoc on different parts of the globe.

Knowing where to look is absolutely key, because much of NOAA’s most fascinating information lies

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