UN experts have written to oil firm Saudi Aramco and its financial backers challenging them on allegations that their activities are fuelling climate change-related negative impacts on human rights.
Environment
Aug 27, 2023
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Hidden environmental, social and health costs of agrifood systems were as much as $12 trillion globally in 2020, according to new research from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based on analysis ...
Other
Nov 7, 2023
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Scandium radioisotopes are potentially useful for medical imaging such as positron emission tomography (PET) scans. However, health care providers do not currently use these isotopes to image cancer because they are difficult ...
Materials Science
Aug 14, 2023
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Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet—a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. These pristine, ecologically ...
Environment
Apr 24, 2023
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The rapid sea level rise and resulting retreat of coastal habitat seen at the end of the last Ice Age could repeat itself if global average temperatures rise beyond certain levels, according to an analysis by an international ...
Ecology
Sep 3, 2023
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The alarm bells are loud and clear. Federal and international climate officials recently confirmed that 2023 was the planet's hottest year on record—and that 2024 may be even hotter.
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2024
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Typically viewed as unrelated problems, global warming and plastic pollution are instead inextricably trapped in a "vicious circle" where one feeds the other, researchers in Sweden report in Nature Communications. The mutually-reinforcing ...
Environment
Mar 19, 2024
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Without the implementation of nature-based solutions, in particular ending deforestation and restoring native vegetation, Brazil would jeopardize its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) pledges including achieving net ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2023
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Although electric vehicle ownership is higher in wealthier neighborhoods than in disadvantaged ones, EVs improve air quality in all communities, a UCLA study found.
Environment
Dec 13, 2023
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Promoting climate-friendly behaviors will be more successful in societies where everyone has the capacity: financially, physically, and timewise, to make changes.
Environment
Jan 2, 2024
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