Karmactive Staff, Bilal Bhutto, Author at Karmactive

King of the Trash Hill, Photo Credit: Alan Levine (CC BY 2.0 DEED)

EPA Faces Urgent Call to Address 14% Methane Emissions from Landfills

While the world is grappling with a severe climate crisis, increasing methane emissions are escalating tensions. As per the report published on Thursday, methane emissions at nearly two dozen of US landfills

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Bilal Bhutto

May 20, 2024

Activism·Entertainment·USA

Taylor Swift’s 287,000 KM Tour Sparks Debate: Environmental Activism vs. High-Flying Lifestyle

In early 2023, Taylor Swift kicked off her ‘The Eras Tour’ in various cities across the United States and in many countries on different continents. As an activist against Climate Change, controversy

Karmactive Staff

April 25, 2024

Disaster·USA

Statue of Liberty Hit by Lightning Bolt and a 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Within Days

One of the most famous symbols in the world, the Statue of Liberty, had an intense start to April: in less than 48 hours, it was struck by lightning during severe storms

Karmactive Staff

April 7, 2024

USA·Weather

Over 50 Million in Path of Potent Storms as Tornado Threat Looms Large Across Central U.S

A severe weather outbreak could affect over 50 million Americans between Monday and Tuesday, marking the start of the country’s most active tornado season. According to a FOX Weather report, a storm

Karmactive Staff

April 1, 2024

Comparison of the large reservoir in Catalonia from March 2023 that shrank to 1 percent of capacity in March 2024. Source: NASA

News·Water

Catalonia’s Water Crisis Hits Historic Lows: Over 6 Million Facing Unprecedented Restrictions

Waste water will be recycled in California as the drought conditions arise, following it, Spain declares drought emergency in its Northeastern region of Catalonia. Following three years of below-average rainfall, Catalonia has

Karmactive Staff

March 22, 2024

Agriculture

Keeping Your Lawn Green: A Battle Against Fertilizer Burn

There is no secret that plants, from backyard flora to lush garden greenery, rely on nutrients for their growth. In nature, these are predominantly sourced from the soil, which acts as a

Karmactive Staff

February 9, 2024

Fashion·Sustainability

LENA Amsterdam’s Sustainable Shift: Rent Your Next Outfit and Save the Planet

Since 2014, LENA Amsterdam has become a fashion library in response to clothes waste and pollution in the fashion industry. It is known as the world’s only physical center where new and

Karmactive Staff

February 2, 2024

Aviation·Technology

X-59 Unveiled: The Supersonic Aircraft Set to Make Sonic Booms a Whisper of the Past

On January 12, 2024, in a big event at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works in California, the much-anticipated NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft was presented. A plane that’s on the cusp of

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Karmactive Staff

January 24, 2024

Thomas Smith, founding director of the UCLA Center for Tropical Research, with a pile of pangolin scales.

Conservation·Wildlife

UCLA Scientists Map the $20 Billion Global Pangolin Trade, Offering New Study for Endangered Species

The study from UCLA scientists and colleagues employs genomics to identify poaching hotspots and trading routes of the endangered white-bellied pangolin. Published in the journal “Science” on December 14, 2023, this research

January 24, 2024

Mysteries of Coral Spawning: Behind the Lens with Gabriel Guzman

An award-winning photographer of marine oceans, Gabriel Guzman, recently captured imagery of coral spawning, which offers insightful information on the environmental and technical aspects of marine photography. Gabriel Guzman, known for his

Karmactive Staff

January 23, 2024