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The headline of a story published on CBS news on November 14th of this year read that residents of the metropolitan city of Delhi are currently experiencing the worst air quality of any city in the world. Satellite images of northern India have captured the smog that blankets Delhi during the winter months, which appears as a massive cloud of grey smoke covering the Indo-Gangetic plains. A video released in 2019 of a massive pile up of cars on the Yamuna Expressway in Noida, a city close to Delh …

In 1854, John Snow (no, not the Game of Thrones character), a physician investigating cholera outbreaks in Victorian-era London, went door-to-door throughout the streets of Soho neighborhood asking local residents where their drinking water came from. He discovered that cholera was much more common in areas where residents drank unfiltered water that had been pumped from the river Thames. In 1858, a record-breaking heat wave caused the water level of the Thames to drop, and it became clear from …

The story of the first Thanksgiving is commonly portrayed as a time when friendly Indians greeted the pilgrims with open arms and feasted alongside them in harmony, though this is far from the truth.Before the “pilgrims” (who at the time did not call themselves pilgrims) had landed in Plymouth, a village of Patuxet Indians had been killed by the spread of plague, which had been brought from Europe to America by colonists. Before the first Thanksgiving feast took place, Europeans had already capt …

On November 18th, 2000, Judge Charles Burton held a paper ballot up to a ceiling light of the Palm Beach County Emergency Operations Center to determine whether a voter had properly hole-punched their choice for presidential candidate. The 2000 presidential election saw vice president Al Gore and Texas governor George W. Bush vying for the presidency. On November 7th of 2000, it had been determined that Gore had won the popular vote by 543,895 votes. Gore had won 255 electoral college (EC) votes …

In 1859, a 39 year-old Irish physicist named John Tyndell was ecstatic to publish the results of his experiments to major European journals. He had proven that carbon dioxide absorbs more heat from the infrared radiation of sunlight than other gasses such as nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen. He was finally able to publish his results in 1861, but made no mention of the implications of carbon dioxide’s heat-absorbing ability for the Earth’s climate in his papers.Despite the recognition that Tyndell …

… doesn’t exist. Humans are constantly consuming to survive, even if only for basic needs such as food, water, air, and shelter, and it is virtually impossible in this day and age for every single choice we make to be the most sustainable one. Unsustainable consumer behavior is equated with environmental destruction or excessive wastefulness, but attributing blame for the state of the environment to consumers won’t lead to a cleaner Earth and can actually discourage positive actions.In a time of …

Improving health using a holistic approach means addressing psychological, physical, emotional, spiritual, and social dimensions of wellbeing all together. The source of one's ailment may be the result of multiple causes, and thus addressing multiple facets of health would ensure a greater chance of healing. Research has found that spending more time outdoors in a natural setting improves health in many ways, and that nature is an important component of holistic health.Physical:Numerous health b …

Fall is nearing, and as the leaves of trees begin to exhibit a brilliant array of colors and the weather begins to cool, mindfully observing nature during this time of change can help us to realize the beauty of the world. By focusing our attention on nature, we become more cognisant of its importance. We become more aware that we would not be able to enjoy the beauty of life without the natural environments of the Earth.Throughout human history, certain civilizations have demonstrated a reveren …