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The Origins of Coffee

Coffea arabica is believed to be originally from Ethiopia. and is linked to numerous stories many of them not credible! One of the legends about the origins of coffee is linked to a pastor of goats. He mentioned that once the animals ate the coffee berries, they behaved more energetically and actively. If the tale is not a credible story, […]

Increasing Ocean Acidification Threatens Marine Life

The increasing ocean acidification threatens marine life in known and unknown ways. The oceans are acidifying at the fastest rate in many millions of years. The absorption of CO2 by water causes acidification. This is a natural process, which forms carbonic acid (H2CO3). The breakdown of the carbonic acid results in the reduction of carbonate ions (CO3(2-)). To make a […]

Oceanic Garbage Patches – Great and Small

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the best known and largest of the oceanic garbage patches but it is not the only one. Garbage patches are formed in what is called a gyre, a place where ocean currents naturally form rotating areas of water. These currents “suck” in floating and submerged debris, causing large accumulations of junk, mostly made […]

The Earth’s Oceans are in Trouble

The Earth’s oceans are in trouble, in large part due to actions made by humankind. The human species has been using the oceans as a food source and a garbage dump for millennia. These direct misuses have taken their toll, but now, global warming is adding new factors to the equation. Four of the main problems facing the world’s oceans […]

Surviving Covid-19

We have been deeply confused for a whole year as this pandemic spread around the Globe. The end of it all is still unseen. Surviving Covid-19 has been a long period of fear and anguish, hoping for some miracle to happen and save all of us. The Covid-19 pandemic may not be over in the foreseeable future. All of us […]