Environment
Climate change adaptation; environmental conservation; protecting biodiversity—this page covers the trends and news that will shape the future of our shared environment.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926669023012694?via=ihub
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Sciencedirect
Moving from the linear production model to the circular economy approach is the main concern of the EU Circular Economy Action Plan. Population growth coupled with high demand for goods has led to a significant increase in solid waste, especially food waste, triggering the depletion of natural resources and the environmental burdens associated to their disposal.
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https://grist.org/politics/why-people-fall-for-climate-conspiracies-fake-news/
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Grist
In 1995, a leading group of scientists convened by the United Nations declared that they had detected a "human influence" on global temperatures with "effectively irreversible" consequences. In the coming decades, 99.9 percent of scientists would come to agree that burning fossil fuels had...
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https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/global/article/3252400/climate-anxiety-real-global-warming-hitting-mental-health-many-therapists-call-it-different-beast
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Scmp
In the most critical cases, climate anxiety disrupts the ability to function day to day. Children and young people in this category feel alienation from friends and family, distress when thinking about the future and intrusive thoughts about who will survive, according to Hickman's research. Patients obsessively check for extreme weather, read climate change studies and pursue radical activism.
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https://techhq.com/2023/03/data-center-energy-usage-chatgpt/
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Techhq
One of the many mysteries of ChatGPT is its energy usage. OpenAI uses cloud computing that's reliant on thousands of chips inside servers, inside huge data centers, to train AI models. Training a single model uses vast amounts of electricity, but no one's sure exactly how much.
As it stands, the...
As it stands, the...
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https://www.wdsu.com/article/iv-waste-secures-contract-for-2024-uptown-resident-trash-pickups/45013933
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Wdsu
Big decisions coming out of New Orleans city hall today regarding your trash. IV Waste will take over the trash and recycling contracts for Uptown residents in 2024. Tuesday in a meeting New Orleans city officials listened to the presentations of three companies: IV Waste, Waste Pro LA, and...
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03539-1
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Nature
Microbial molecules from soil, seawater and human bodies are among the planet’s least understood. Microbial molecules from soil, seawater and human bodies are among the planet’s least understood.
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https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/inno/stories/profiles/2023/04/25/locus-fermentation-growing-space-workforce-in-neo.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
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Bizjournals
Don Sweeney, chief financial officer for Locus Fermentation Solutions, thinks his company's growth is about to take off.
The Solon, Ohio, biotechnology company recently raised $117 million in debt based on the value of its intellectual property — more than 1,300 patent filings.
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The Solon, Ohio, biotechnology company recently raised $117 million in debt based on the value of its intellectual property — more than 1,300 patent filings.
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https://www.greenbiz.com/article/mark-your-calendar-2024-milestones-and-signposts-climate-professionals
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Greenbiz
With COP28 recent in the rearview mirror, 2024 represents a clear and critical inflection point for confronting the climate crisis. New rules in the European Union and in California, the world's fifth-largest economy, will change how global businesses report risks, purchase energy and manage...
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/scientists-sound-warning-for-nzs-environmentally-critical-kelp-forests-as-waters-heat-up/2DZDV55D3NAIDPIA355WELWAX4/
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Warming waters are placing New Zealand's kelp forests in peril - posing troubling implications for the plethora of ocean species that rely on them.Warming waters are placing New Zealand's kelp forests in peril - posing troubling implications for the plethora of ocean species that rely on...
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https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/19/14146
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Mdpi
1. IntroductionDeployment of nature-based solutions (NbS) is gaining recognition globally as an essential planning and design practice to increase urban resilience and promote sustainable development. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has defined NbS as "actions to protect,...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/climate/arctic-changing-climate.html
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New York Times
Open water and rain, rather than ice and snow, are becoming typical of the region, a new study has found.
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https://phys.org/news/2023-06-blueprint-zero-emissions-agriculture.html
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Phys
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/venture-global-lng-violations
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Commondreams
Frontline Louisiana activists are warning that he company behind the proposed "carbon bomb" Calcasieu Pass or CP2, liquefied natural gas terminal already has a history of environmental violations. Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass terminal, which began operations in January 2022, racked up more than 2,000 deviations from its air permit during its first year alone.
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https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3245291/us-and-eu-trade-barriers-not-only-hurt-china-they-also-derail-climate-action
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Scmp
Europe's carbon border tax is shifting the burden to poorer nations while the West's redrawing of supply chains is preventing China from cheaply and efficiently supplying the global green transition Zhou Xiaoming. As the world tackles climate change with a heightened sense of urgency and renewed determination following the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, it is critically important for nations to guard against restrictive trade measures.
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https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/union-cabinet-approves-citiis-2-0-with-a-focus-on-circular-economy-123053101008_1.html
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Business-standard
In a push to support projects promoting a circular economy and climate-oriented reform actions, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS 2.0). The scheme will run for a period of four years from 2023 to 2027. CITIIS 2.0 aims to leverage and scale up the learnings of CITIIS 1.which was launched in 2018 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs with a total outlay of Rs 933 crore.
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https://www.solardaily.com/reports/Innovative_Approach_to_Energy_Harvesting_Utilizes_Non_Planar_Dielectrics_999.html
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Solardaily
In an era striving for carbon sustainability and net-zero energy goals, a recent study introduces a novel method for environmental energy harvesting that simultaneously captures solar heat and raindrop energy more efficiently. This innovation, developed by Prof. Jiaqing He from the Southern University of Science and Technology and Prof.
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https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-intrigued-bacteria-devour-waste-plastic
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Futurism
According to 2022 estimates, our global efforts to recycle plastic are falling woefully short of our goals: only roughly nine percent of plastic waste is being recycled, meaning landfills keep growing at a breakneck pace and incinerators are sending huge amounts of emissions into the atmosphere. But there may be other creative ways to break down plastic materials.
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11846-021-00487-4
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Springer Link
Coworking spaces are flexible and shared work environments that make a significant effort to connect users with supportive networks that commonly result in efficient work outputs, a high level of collaboration and knowledge transfer. Recent years have seen swift growth and popularisation of the coworking model, making these spaces an integral part of local entrepreneurial ecosystems and transforming them into the localised pools of specialised talent. However, little research has been conducted to understand the role of human talent in coworking spaces, indicating a knowledge gap in human resource management and the role of contemporary coworking environments.
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https://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-sustainability-training-helped-hpe-land-13-billion-it-contracts
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Greenbiz
Five years ago, when potential customers started asking questions about the carbon footprints for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services, members of the sustainability team were called in. Their mission: Respond authoritatively; uncover customer pain points related to things such as...
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/india-clean-energy-solar-power-plant-panel-waste-recycling-pollution-regulation
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Theguardian
Under the scorching sun, a sea of solar panels gleams in the semi-arid landscape. Pavagada, 100 miles north of Bengaluru in southern India, is the world's third-largest solar power plant, with 25m panels across a huge 50 sq km site, and a capacity of 2,050MW of clean energy.India has 11 similarly...
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As global temperature continues to heat up, some grape varieties might soon disappear.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/27/fifth-of-food-wasted-globally-at-cost-of-1tn-a-year-says-un-report
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Theguardian
More than a billion meals are thrown away every day, in poor countries as well as rich ones, despite more than 730 million people living in hunger around the world.About a fifth of food is wasted, sometimes through profligacy or poor planning, sometimes from a lack of access to refrigeration or...