by Deborah Phelan | Jun 19, 2018 | 2050, Displacement and Migration, TIme Capsule
The number of “forcibly displaced people” rose to 68.5 million last year, according to the UN refugee agency reporting. 16.2 million people were newly driven from their homes in 2017. 44,400 each day. 1 every 2 seconds. “International...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 12, 2018 | 2050, Climate Change, TIme Capsule, Water, Youth and Climate Change
The reason they make sounds at all is basically because glaciers contain bubbles, which make sounds. We mentioned that a glacier is a big body of ice, and the number of bubbles in one is just enormous—there are billions of bubbles inside. In contrast, when you have an...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 8, 2018 | Climate Change, Global Goals, TIme Capsule, UN SDGs, Water, Youth and Climate Change
Groups of plankton, jellyfish, turtles, and seabirds are migrating toward the north and south poles by as much as 10 degrees latitude. Fish stocks are down in some areas, and the future of some tropical fisheries may be in danger. Rainfall patterns globally are out of...
by Deborah Phelan | Jun 5, 2018 | 2050, Climate Change, Global Goals, TIme Capsule, UN SDGs
By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans unless we begin cutting back on production and improper disposal methods, according to a World Economic Forum report. Worldwide, over the course of the past 50 years, plastic use has increased 20%....
