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Open Oceans and High Seas: most beneficial to life on Earth yet least protected

Open Oceans and High Seas: most beneficial to life on Earth yet least protected

Life on earth greatly depends on open oceans that comprise 99 percent of all habitable regions on the planet. These areas provide nearly 80 percent of fish supplies for human consumption. They also ‘carry out half the photosynthesis (conversion of solar energy to sustain life) that takes place on the planet and, through their ability to absorb CO2, [...]
The Steep Slide into Poverty: A New Category Resulting from the Recession

The Steep Slide into Poverty: A New Category Resulting from the Recession

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has developed an index of economic shock and food entitled ‘Economic Shock and Hunger Index.’ Based on a study of the five countries of Armenia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Zambia, and Nicaragua, the responses of households reveal a rather similar pattern: reduction in the number of meals, option for cheaper but [...]
North Korea: a poor country that affords nukes

North Korea: a poor country that affords nukes

North Korea has been a confirmed impoverished nation, replete with malnourished citizens and dependence on international food aid. The country is also wracked with famines. Moreover, it has been known as a failing economy. So, how then can it afford all the nuclear weapons that it has been testing under its missiles and nuclear weapons program? The [...]
Ecological Debtors and Deficits

Ecological Debtors and Deficits

Another raging problem is far more alarming than the credit crunch today. This economic meltdown has some immediate solutions that are concretely possible. The bail out is an example of an immediate and concrete solution. What surpasses this economic problem is the raging environmental problem that is currently devastating the world today. This has [...]