by ktech | Jan 21, 2023 | Environment
As records of unprecedented temperatures continue to smash each other around the world, a heat wave has covered a number of countries. From the United States and Europe to China to Japan, extreme temperatures are rising for weeks, killing hundreds, starting wildfires...
by ktech | Jan 21, 2023 | Environment, Pollution
Last month in China, water levels in Asia’s longest river, the Yangtze, reached an all-time low, and hydroelectric power plants along its course had to slow down or shut down altogether, causing power outages to millions of people. Over the past five years,...
by ktech | Jan 21, 2023 | Environment, Pollution
Sand is the foundation of human construction and a fundamental ingredient in concrete, asphalt, glass, and other building materials. But sand, like other natural resources, is limited and its ungoverned extraction is driving erosion, flooding, the salination of...
