The world's population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050, according to the UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs. Urban areas are already home to 55% of the world's population and that figure is expected to ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2021
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We hear and read a lot about our human carbon footprint but what do we know about our urban footprint? According to a new United Nations (UN) report, this urban footprint will expand by another 1.2 million square kilometres ...
Environment
Apr 10, 2012
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A new study says that the planet's wildlife is increasingly under the boot of humanity.
Ecology
Jan 13, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Working from home has many advantages. By cutting out the commute, employees can save money, boost productivity and reduce their carbon footprint.
Social Sciences
Jun 9, 2010
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A new study analyzes human impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in 72 lakes distributed across four large neotropical wetlands of Brazil—Amazon, Araguaia, Pantanal and Paraná. The research spans a 3.7million ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2022
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The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sent a clear message to the world with its last report, issued in early October in South Korea: the world needs to act immediately to cut greenhouse gas emissions. ...
Environment
Nov 15, 2018
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A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters used satellite mapping data to analyze how changes in human footprint on the landscape between 1970 and 2018 overlapped with distributions of 1,469 Colombian ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2022
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City leaders aspiring to transform their cities into models of sustainability must look beyond city limits and include in their calculation the global flow of goods and materials into their realm, argue researchers in the ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2012
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Most people picture Antarctica as a frozen continent of wilderness, but people have been living – and building – there for decades. Now, for the first time, we can reveal the human footprint across the entire continent.
Earth Sciences
Mar 5, 2019
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As the human population grows, it is critical that the drain on the planet's resources be lessened by decreasing consumption of animal protein. According to two panel discussions on June 23 and 24 at the 2014 Institute of ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 25, 2014
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