Lead is a poisonous metal and a significant environmental pollutant. An important source of waste is the lead used in car batteries. Research published in Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal shows how ...
Environment
Apr 9, 2019
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Food demand is growing as people are getting bigger. Feeding a population of 9 billion in 2050 will require much more food than previously calculated.
Environment
Nov 12, 2018
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Scientists and policymakers rely on complex computer simulations called Integrated Assessment Models to figure out how to address climate change. But these models need tinkering to make them more accurate.
Environment
Jan 18, 2017
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Policy makers currently examine the economic and social impacts of crime, but the environmental impacts have not, to date, been included. A new study, published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, estimates the carbon footprint ...
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2016
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Everything, from the food we eat to the clothes we wear to cars we drive, has global implications, requiring resources from distant places and generating pollution far from our homes. But while these impacts have been known ...
Environment
Jul 6, 2016
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The world's workshop—China—surpassed the United States as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases on Earth in 2007. But if you consider that nearly all of the products that China produces, from iPhones to tee-shirts, ...
Environment
Feb 24, 2016
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An engineer and an environmental scientist have designed an industrial estate using sustainability principles.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 20, 2014
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The drive to decrease the ecological impact of production machines is leading manufactures to focus on novel ways to incorporate energy efficiency in the designing of new products. One answer is the first-ever badminton playing ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
May 15, 2013
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The ocean is becoming an increasingly crowded place. New users, such as the wind industry, compete with existing users and interests for space and resources. With the federal mandate for comprehensive ocean planning made ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2012
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Earth's coral reefs have not been faring well in recent decades, facing multiple threats from pollution, disease, elevated water temperatures, and overfishing. Often referred to as the "rainforests of the Sea," coral reefs ...
Ecology
Sep 12, 2011
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