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Amazon Gets Heatstroke

Amazon Gets Heatstroke

Isaac Scafe November 29, 2018

The Amazon forests cannot keep up with climate change. A team led by the University of Leeds and 30 other institutions assessed the impact global warming has had on the area and its species. Their research...

The Melting Arctic: And why its important to the rest of society...

The Melting Arctic: And why it’s important to the rest of society…

Isaac Scafe November 7, 2018

The Arctic is turning green. It is not snowing or getting colder—instead, plants are growing in the cold tundra. A team from Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Oak Ridge...

Morbid Mammal Massacre: Do we have a responsibility as members of the environment?

Morbid Mammal Massacre: Do we have a responsibility as members of the environment?

Sreya Sanyal October 31, 2018

Long after dinosaurs went extinct, humans are committing the ultimate act of self-sabotage: mass killings of fellow mammals. Over the last 150,000 years, humans evolved alongside other mammals that inhabited...

Water pouring from pipe. Flow of clean water. Vector illustration

The Murky Waters of Environmental Regulation

James Nanchanatt October 24, 2018

A Gallup poll indicated the number one and two environmental issues causing a “great deal of concern” among Americans are the pollution of drinking water and the pollution of rivers, lakes and reservoirs,...

NJIT Green (Team)

Anuj Patel October 18, 2018

The compost bins outside GDS on Fridays didn’t come from thin air. NJIT Green has been stirring up a storm—they’re on Instagram, on posters, composting outside of GDS. They’re hosting a waste...

Commercial Fishing Banned Across Arctic

Commercial Fishing Banned Across Arctic

Katherine Ji October 18, 2018

With continuously rising temperatures, it’s no wonder polar scientists recently reported the sixth lowest extent of ice on record. Climate change points to diminishing ice cover and thickness in much...

Murder of the Monarchs

Murder of the Monarchs

Jagathi Kalluru October 18, 2018

Summer vacation in elementary school meant humid evenings at the local park, picking and tasting sour berries from random trees, and endless efforts to capture an intricately patterned monarch butterfly....

NJIT Terrace Garden: A Returning of the Green Spaces

NJIT Terrace Garden: A Returning of the Green Spaces

Prem Naik September 26, 2018

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Veganism: Whats the Beef?

Veganism: What’s the Beef?

Katherine Ji September 20, 2018

When vegannism is mentioned, we often conjure up images of animal activists and Instagram-worthy green smoothies. However, can eating our vegetables help reduce our ecological footprint? Simply put, yes—a...

Getting Stroppy About Straws

Getting Stroppy About Straws

Sreya Das, Alumni September 19, 2018

Have you ever seen anyone drinking with a straw at the NJIT cafeteria? Personally, in the three weeks since move-in, I have not seen a single person using a straw. Perhaps it is because the small cardboard...

A man spraying a pesticide on some plants in his garden

France Bans Pesticides

Sreya Sanyal September 19, 2018

An environmental crisis that affects agriculturalists ranging from international farm conglomerates to home gardeners is underway: the depletion of bee populations. Bee populations around the globe are...

Cleaning the Passaic River

Cleaning the Passaic River

Daniil Ivanov September 19, 2018

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