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Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk El servicio celular en los parques nacionales se ha convertido en un punto de inflexión en los últimos años a medida que los proveedores celulares compiten para cubrir los EE. UU. Con cobertura, incluso en áreas remotas, tradicionalmente fuera de la red. A...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Cell service in national parks has become a flashpoint in recent years as cellular providers compete to blanket the U.S. with coverage—even in remote, traditionally off-grid areas. On one side of this most modern of environmental debates stand wilderness buffs, who liken letting...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Unfortunately for the 40 percent of Americans (and 90 percent of the inhabitants of the rest of the world) who live in regions with air quality below healthy standards, it is true that air pollution can take a toll on our cognitive abilities....
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It seems to me the single biggest potential “environmental” problem we could face is a comet or asteroid striking the Earth. Do we currently track these space rocks? And do we have any hope of deflecting them if they are headed right for us? Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Yes, the new federal climate report (the “Fourth National Climate Assessment”) paints a dire picture of our future—including compromised food safety—if we don’t rein in greenhouse gas emissions. According to the non-profit Stop Foodborne Illness (SFI), climate change is already starting to affect...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Hybrid-electric cars have become more and more common on American roads since the Prius launched here in 2001. Now fully electric vehicles (EVs) are finally coming of age thanks to innovations by Tesla, Nissan, BMW, General Motors and others. It is not uncommon...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk PFASs—short for perfluoroalkyl substances—are synthetic chemicals of various formulations (including PFCs, PFOA, PFOS and GenX, among others) that are used widely in various products for moisture and stain resistance. Non-stick pans, rain jackets and carpeting are among thousands of different types of consumer...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Plastic in the ocean is a big problem that first came to widespread public attention in the late 1980s when mariners began sharing reports of what turned out to be a 1.6 million square kilometer garbage patch (that’s about three times the size...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Global warming is certainly a hot subject in the news right now, what with all the oppressive weather we’ve been having, but it doesn’t mean we’ve solved the myriad other environmental problems facing us. That said, ozone depletion, while still problematic at certain...
Roddy Scheer y Doug Moss EarthTalk El servicio celular en los parques nacionales se ha convertido en un punto de inflexión en los últimos años a medida que los proveedores celulares compiten para cubrir los EE. UU. Con cobertura, incluso en áreas remotas, tradicionalmente fuera de la red. A...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Cell service in national parks has become a flashpoint in recent years as cellular providers compete to blanket the U.S. with coverage—even in remote, traditionally off-grid areas. On one side of this most modern of environmental debates stand wilderness buffs, who liken letting...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Unfortunately for the 40 percent of Americans (and 90 percent of the inhabitants of the rest of the world) who live in regions with air quality below healthy standards, it is true that air pollution can take a toll on our cognitive abilities....
It seems to me the single biggest potential “environmental” problem we could face is a comet or asteroid striking the Earth. Do we currently track these space rocks? And do we have any hope of deflecting them if they are headed right for us? Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Yes, the new federal climate report (the “Fourth National Climate Assessment”) paints a dire picture of our future—including compromised food safety—if we don’t rein in greenhouse gas emissions. According to the non-profit Stop Foodborne Illness (SFI), climate change is already starting to affect...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Hybrid-electric cars have become more and more common on American roads since the Prius launched here in 2001. Now fully electric vehicles (EVs) are finally coming of age thanks to innovations by Tesla, Nissan, BMW, General Motors and others. It is not uncommon...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk PFASs—short for perfluoroalkyl substances—are synthetic chemicals of various formulations (including PFCs, PFOA, PFOS and GenX, among others) that are used widely in various products for moisture and stain resistance. Non-stick pans, rain jackets and carpeting are among thousands of different types of consumer...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Plastic in the ocean is a big problem that first came to widespread public attention in the late 1980s when mariners began sharing reports of what turned out to be a 1.6 million square kilometer garbage patch (that’s about three times the size...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Global warming is certainly a hot subject in the news right now, what with all the oppressive weather we’ve been having, but it doesn’t mean we’ve solved the myriad other environmental problems facing us. That said, ozone depletion, while still problematic at certain...