Tag: pollution

Junk Planet: Is Earth the Largest Garbage Dump in the Universe?

by buttmeister • March 2, 2018

Submitted by: ButtCracker — Is Earth the largest garbage dump in the Universe? I don’t know. But it’s a safe bet that Earth would be a contender were such a competition to be held. Let me explain why. To start,…

In Beijing, and Washington, a Breath of Foul Air

by buttmeister • January 23, 2017

The scene in a Beijing park in December. The city’s air quality is routinely rated “very unhealthy.” Credit Wang Zhao/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images When friends cautioned me about Beijing’s notorious air pollution recently, ahead of my first visit there,…