Are we living in a time of biological principle distortion?
© smarterpix.com / Nordreisender Are we living in a time of biological principle distortion? In recent decades, technologies and our understanding of biology have developed rapidly....
Category : ENVIRONMENT
What are Sponge Cities and how can they save us from floods?
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New way of measuring ocean carbon could better align with climate policy goals
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Claire Boteler. Credit: Dalhousie University The ocean controls our climate. It is the largest carbon sink on the planet, absorbing 40% of human fossil fuel...
Voluntary carbon offsets often fail to deliver what they promise, research finds
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Within a few years, voluntary carbon offsets have grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry: by investing in climate mitigation projects, companies and...
Blurring the line between planetary and human health spans
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Days before the G7 Hiroshima Summit in May, scholars delivered a call to act on the planet’s health to the Hiroshima...
How forests can cut carbon, restore ecosystems, and create jobs
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Reforestation and afforestation are “natural climate solutions” that can help cut carbon, restore ecosystems, create jobs, and provide other environmental and social benefits. A new...
Biosurfactants can offer an environmentally friendly solution for tackling oil spills
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Sampling on the ship to study seawater from the North Sea. The seawater is filled into large canisters and cooled and brought back to the...
Stay away from leaf blassers and foliage suckers!
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The fall is there and spreads a colorful leaf carpet. “Leaffall, leaffall – colorful leaves everywhere,” children sing these days. Autumn is there and spreads...
Environmental Protection
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The origin of all environmental protection challenges is the rapidly increasing world population paired with the resource-intensive lifestyle of the industrialized countries. The world population...
Animals and the environment
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Meat consumption harms the environment in many ways: Climate change, waste of resources and die of species. Those who avoid meat and other animal products...