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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/26/does-the-future-of-medicine-lie-in-space
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In a small lab, squeezed into the corner of a skyscraper in downtown Tel Aviv, Israeli entrepreneur Yossi Yamin is proudly holding what he calls “a little James Bond-style suitcase factory, powered by the sun”. As with many of 007’s finest contraptions, initial impressions are inauspicious. But in the past four years, these little metal boxes, coated in solar panels, have repeatedly blasted into orbit on the back of a SpaceX rocket, bringing groundbreaking new insights back to Earth for things ranging from the behaviour of leukaemia cells to the best ways of generating lab-grown steak. To read more, use the button below to open the original external article.
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128322/transportation-infrastructure-grants-climate-change
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The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is doling out nearly $830 million in grants to 80 different projects aimed at strengthening US infrastructure against climate change. The funding will fan out over 39 states and territories to projects ranging from refurbishing aging bridges to...
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https://www.springwise.com/innovation/sustainability/enabling-the-circular-economy-with-ai/
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Spotted: In the eight years from 2020 to 2028, analysts expect the global metals recycling market value to grow from almost $53 billion (around €50 billion) to more than $91 billion (around €86 billion). As the industry grows, it is vital that circular systems are as efficient as possible to have...
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https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/12/us/arctic-methane-gas-flare-trnd/index.html?no-st=1571461788
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CNN
Russian scientists studying Arctic waters found the most powerful ever methane jets shooting up from the seabed to the water's surface, they said Friday.
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https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/3/973
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1. IntroductionOver the last hundred years, the evolution of the Agua Amarga salt marsh (south of the city of Alicante, Spain) has been influenced by anthropogenic interventions. Some of them have modified the environmental conditions, while others have been carried out to control the impact of...
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/20/climate/rice-farming-climate-change.html?smid=tw-share&unlocked_article_code=mZQ_xPma6A3_CJibr4-uyKKuhyUQiM1gZSa3yYzAZjWtZ8MyYpzra8rzF7gUo60Nk_oxHbPiZ1EIQId3gI6j3_fxGuIS3mdShlQ8t_8U_I4uCXjFE57lWUw_YFxRTnbmLu8q_e4z8wNHvuCZbpw9R6p5ft-Z0ls119eqXtRsUe-8TzVaOH3o8yLxIuEe8FzOfGoWLsILUoQvS67BgHZjgqDky9Ew7Kc9QKklj3brKLX90U0sDru4n49Oc4DFtAMo_Bo45IyWSH3blrxmOb7Y0l8unEWylNSsl8vgBG-lSG6SuIeiHVf19lV-zuEE_dfjxBA8euUG7GrMQK8Ly98gjSrkuKjqndqeIyECJKuMJQydUyi4hQ
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Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong
By Somini Sengupta, reporting from Arkansas and Bangladesh, and Tran Le Thuy, from Vietnam. Thanh Nguyen photographed in Vietnam and Rory Doyle in Arkansas.
Rice is in trouble as the Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of...
By Somini Sengupta, reporting from Arkansas and Bangladesh, and Tran Le Thuy, from Vietnam. Thanh Nguyen photographed in Vietnam and Rory Doyle in Arkansas.
Rice is in trouble as the Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of...
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https://www.anl.gov/article/scientists-develop-more-humane-environmentally-friendly-battery-material
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The batteries that power our cell phones, laptops and electric vehicles all have one major drawback: They all rely on cobalt. Cobalt is a hard-to-find metal that is largely drawn from poorly regulated African mines. This mining is problematic for the environment, as well as for miners, and it can...
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https://www.juancole.com/2023/08/increases-stormwater-floodable.html
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Juancole
By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland
( The Conversation) -Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about extreme weather. While these stories will be specific to the location, they all tend to include the...
( The Conversation) -Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about extreme weather. While these stories will be specific to the location, they all tend to include the...
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https://forcechange.com/621930/combat-severe-weather-with-green-infrastructure/
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Goal: Implement and fund comprehensive green infrastructure projects to enhance urban resilience and combat climate change. As Boston faces increasingly severe weather events and the undeniable impacts of climate change, the urgency to fortify the city's resilience grows paramount. Green infrastructure presents a tangible solution, offering the potential to mitigate flooding, improve air quality, and safeguard the communities.
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https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/04/11/36441
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Globalissues
More research is needed into the negative impacts of climate change on women for them to access climate justice. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo)Thursday, April 11, 2024Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Apr 11 (IPS) - While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on...
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https://grist.org/equity/how-mobile-home-co-ops-provide-housing-security-and-climate-resilience/
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This story was supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
As mobile home owners fight rising housing costs, some of them have hit upon a solution that also helps in the fight against climate change — by banding together and buying the land underneath their homes.
This model of...
As mobile home owners fight rising housing costs, some of them have hit upon a solution that also helps in the fight against climate change — by banding together and buying the land underneath their homes.
This model of...
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https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3256855/malaysia-swelters-under-worsening-heatwave-temperatures-near-40-degrees
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Malaysia Learn more The extreme heat has led to a death from heat stoke and heightened the risk of water shortages, spurring the roll out of emergency measures Singapore is also reeling from the heat with temperatures over 36 degrees recorded in some parts of the city state in recent days Malaysia Bloomberg.
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https://greentumble.com/why-is-urbanization-contributing-to-pollution
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Over the past several decades, cities worldwide have been growing at a fast pace. Back in 1950, only a small fraction of about 30% of people lived in cities. Fast forward to 2018, and that number has soared to 55%. The bustling streets of urban centers now host over 4.3 billion people, marking a...
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cooling-the-climate-with-_b_8486822
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Huffington Post
Australian climate scientist Tim Flannery suggests we could cool the climate with massive seaweed farms to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
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https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20190723132613-20-414671/bmkg-suhu-di-indonesia-naik-05-derajat-celsius-pada-2030
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CNN Indonesia
Hasil analisis BMKG mengungkap tren suhu Indonesia meningkat 0,5 derajat pada 2030 dan potensi kekeringan meningkat 20 persen dibanding sekarang.
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https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/13/10439
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1. IntroductionIn technical terms, fossil fuels include coal, oil, natural gas, and hydrocarbons. Humans have been using fossil fuels since time immemorial. However, since the debut of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, the use of fossil fuels, especially coal, has expanded beyond the...
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https://phys.org/news/2024-02-importance-critical-minerals-condone.html
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by Elizabeth Steyn, The Conversation
Global warming is real and climate change is worsening day-by-day with raging forest fires, unseasonably warm winters and flooding disasters taking place across Canada. Meanwhile, the carbon-zero transition...
Global warming is real and climate change is worsening day-by-day with raging forest fires, unseasonably warm winters and flooding disasters taking place across Canada. Meanwhile, the carbon-zero transition...
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https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scientists-recycling-plastics.html
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Phys
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https://phys.org/news/2023-05-biochar-combat-climate.html
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1. IntroductionSea surface elevation data with an elevation reference play a critical role in offshore wind farm planning, turbine stability design, installation, environmental monitoring, and safety surveillance [1,2]. To ensure that the construction of offshore wind farms does not significantly...
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https://thecityfix.com/blog/25-countries-housing-one-quarter-of-the-population-face-extremely-high-water-stress/
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New data from WRI's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas show that 25 countries — housing one-quarter of the global population — face extremely high water stress each year, regularly using up almost their entire available water supply. And at least 50% of the world's population — around 4 billion people — live under highly water-stressed conditions for at least one month of the year.
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https://time.com/6334843/national-climate-assessment-american-daily-lives-impacted/
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Time
Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans' daily lives with harm that is "already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States," a massive new government report says.The National Climate Assessment, which comes out every four to five years, was released Tuesday with...