The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China just might be one of the cutest places on earth, and it’s indispensably important for the survival of the endangered giant pandas that melts even the coldest hearts.
Category: Environment
Cochin International Airport in the southern city of Kochi became the proud home of the world's first solar-powered airport on August 18. Over the next 25 years, the new power system is expected to save 300,000 tonnes of carbon emissions, the equivalent of planting three million trees.
Due to an unusually windy day on Thursday July 9, Danish wind farms generated more than enough power to meet its national electricity demands – with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden too. Denmark found itself producing 116% of its electricity needs during the day and a whopping 140% after nightfall.
We are now a few months past Earth Hour 2015. Heartify has made a round up of what happened and what the impact was.
When the probe, called New Horizons. left Earth back in 2006, Pluto was still considered a planet. After nine years and 3+ billion miles of travel, the farthest humankind has reached in the universe, spellbinding images of the now dwarf planet has finally been ‘phoned home’.
Australia gets reprieve for the so far unsuccessful conservation of the Great Barrier Reef. If Australia can’t meet the new demands, the Great Barrier Reef will be put on the list of endangered world heritages, something that could hit the Australian economy hard.