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Flooding in District Jamshoro, Pakistan on Sept. 1, 2022. Shakeel Ahmad / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. The extreme rainfall that flooded one third of

A bee pollinating a strawberry flower. matteodestefano / iStock / Getty Images Plus Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Bees are better for strawberries. About ten to fifteen percent of flowering

Merriam-Webster has added 370 new terms to its dictionary. Merriam Webster / Flickr Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Merriam-Webster has just added 370 new terms to its dictionary, several of

A pod of sperm whale calves and juveniles in a social group on the north west coast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. by wildestanimal / Moment / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on

Deforestation from coal mining in a tropical forest on Indonesia’s Borneo Island. ROMEO GACAD / AFP via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. While more than 70 percent of

TMC CEO Gerard Barron holds a nodule from the sea floor. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. A UN agency has granted

Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland. The state has a controversial plan to widen the road. Sarah L. Voisin / The Washington Post via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and

Home Climate Online ‘Hate Speech’ Increases With Extreme Temperatures, Study Finds By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Updated: September 9, 2022 Edited by Chris McDermott Social media apps on a smartphone. Chesnot / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality,

A giant green swims in an aquarium in Blackpool, UK on May 16, 2022. The turtle was rescued after being born into captivity and bred for food in Asia. Anthony Devlin / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing

The predicted path of Hurricane Kay. National Hurricane Center Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Hurricane Kay, which is currently churning off the coast of Baja California, could be the rare

A manatee in Brazil. Beautifulblossom / iStock / Getty Images Plus Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Nearly two months after a manatee named Tico was released from a rehabilitation facility

A road sign warns about high heat in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2022. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. The state of

What Is the Local Food Movement?  The local food movement is the push to eat food that is grown and harvested nearby to where it is purchased. It is often contrasted with the contemporary mainstream food system, in which avocados from Mexico are purchased in January from a big-box grocery store in New England. It

The Route Fire burning in Southern California on Aug. 31, 2022 emphasizes the urgency of climate action. Mario Tama / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. In the midst

Four male dolphin allies and a female. Dr. Simon Allen Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Humans have long been thought to be distinct from other animals in our ability to

Baby chicks at a farm. danchooalex / E+ / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Millions of day-old male chicks are killed around the world each year because they