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Eco-Friendly Routes – Thank You Google Maps Source: Unsplash Google has done it again – providing routes for not only the directionally impaired but those who want to have a smaller carbon footprint too! The Google Maps app will direct drivers to take routes which produce the lowest carbon […]
National Climate Action is a Win for Women Source: Mother Jones The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act is a win for women and girls across Canada since they often bear the brunt of climate change impacts. Climate change negatively enhances gender inequalities and poses greater risks to females. “The climate […]
Antarctic Seafloor Exposed After 50 Years of Ice Cover Source: BBC News German scientists examined an area of the newly opened Antarctic seafloor by the slipping of the large iceberg A74 and found it to be full of life, of animals. The A74 breaks out of the Brunt Ice Shelf, […]
Summers Could Last Half the Year by 2100?! Source: Science News Historically, the four seasons in the Northern Hemisphere have been predictable – winter, spring, summer, fall; it’s a regular pattern that people depend on. But as climate change progresses, seasons are beginning to shift and we are seeing more […]
Welcome, welcome, welcome to A\J’s new website! We are so glad you are here, whether it is your first time discovering our magazine or whether you’ve been a vital part of our long journey somewhere along the way. Alternatives Journal (A\J) has been independently publishing intelligent, informed, and inspiring environmental […]
Welcome, welcome, welcome to A\J’s new website! We are so glad you are here, whether it is your first time discovering our magazine or whether you’ve been a vital part of our long journey somewhere along the way. Alternatives Journal (A\J) has been independently publishing intelligent, informed, and inspiring environmental […]
Oil Spill on the Mediterranean Shore – Results in Shore Shutdown Source: Unsplash Black tar deposits have been reported all along Mediterranean beaches in Israel – forcing them to close on Sunday until further notice. This is one of the worst ecological disasters to Israel, with tonnes of tar deposits […]
In collaboration with York U’s Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Alternatives Journal’s third issue of this year (46.3) is going to be a collection of stories from the perspective of 2071. We aim to mentally enter the year 2071, with the assumption that we made it to that point, […]
There’s a New Robot on Mars Source: NASA NASA has successfully landed its Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet’s equator called Jezero. Jezero is thought to have held a giant lake billions of years ago – where there’s been water, there’s the possibility that there might have […]
The Dark Backstory of Gold Peruvian Rivers Source: NASA What appear to be rivers of gold running through the Amazon rainforest in Madre de Dios state in eastern Peru are in fact prospecting pits, likely left by independent miners, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory, which published the photo taken by […]
