Cobalt is fuelling the planet’s green revolution, but at what cost?
Cobalt is a metal that is currently in huge demand. Why is it so important? Used for the production of Li-Ion batteries. Few people know how cobalt is mined. About….
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Astra Rocket Successfully Delivered the Simulated Cargo into Orbit on the Fourth Attempt
After three failures, the American startup succeeded on Saturday, November 20, 2022. During a test army flight, a 13-meter rocket carried a load 500 km high above the Earth. The….
Are we going to lose Congo Basin, the second largest rainforest in the World?
The Congo Basin rainforest is located in Africa and it stands for one of the most important wilderness areas left on Earth. It spreads across 6 countries. Cameroon, the Central….
Indonesia’s Tobacco Children: A country where people smoke to death
Indonesia is a place where there are no age restrictions on smoking. It is common for children to smoke here from the age of 2 or 3. The harmfulness of….
Birds are dying out in Europe: 600 million birds have disappeared since 1980
There is a mass extinction of birds in Europe. An international team of researchers has studied data on 378 of the 445 bird species native to European Union countries. He….
More than 100,000 Americans have died of drug overdoses this year
The number of people dying from drug overdoses is rising sharply in America. In the 12 months to April 2021, more than 100,000 people died as a result of drug….
Sea turtle conservation in West Africa is headed the right direction
Historical records show that the Loggerheads, Hawksbills, Green, and Leatherback turtles have been nesting on sandy beaches of the West African coastline for centuries. Turtles nest mainly between July and….
Environmentalists in Indonesia have built a museum from plastics
Plastic pollution bothers many countries and mainly affects island states, which are flooded with plastic waste. In 3 months, environmentalists have built a museum to highlight how much plastic waste….
Whaling and Carbon: What did the mass killing left behind?
Whaling is a type of ocean fishing, which has been here for centuries. People hunted whales mainly for their oil and in some places for their meat. However in the….
List of Countries That Eat the Most and Least Calories
People need to eat regularly, but the amount of calories that people consume per day varies from country to country. These are not small differences, but big differences. While in….