How drinking sustainable wine can help vineyards and the planet
The current global food and beverage system is unsustainable.
Ecology
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How to make your life greener in 2024
People all around the world traditionally use their new year to embark on a change in lifestyle.
Environment
Dec 27, 2023
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As plastic production grows, treaty negotiations to reduce plastic waste are stuck in low gear
Plastic pollution has spread to Earth's farthest reaches, with widespread effects on wildlife, the environment and human health. To curb this problem, U.N. member countries are negotiating a global treaty to reduce plastic ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2023
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3 ways AI can help farmers tackle the challenges of modern agriculture
For all the attention on flashy new artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, the challenges of regulating AI, and doomsday scenarios of superintelligent machines, AI is a useful tool in many fields. In fact, it has enormous ...
Agriculture
Nov 30, 2023
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Asia Pacific's waste disposal a burning question
As waste-to-energy incinerators—a mainstay of garbage disposal in economically advanced countries—find their way into the developing countries of the Asia Pacific, questions are being asked about their suitability for ...
Environment
Nov 16, 2023
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Researcher develops better ways to convert CO2 and biofuel byproducts into valuable chemicals
A University of Alberta researcher has developed better ways to convert carbon dioxide, a harmful greenhouse gas, and glycerol, a leftover of biodiesel production, into value-added materials with wide-ranging uses including ...
Biochemistry
Oct 10, 2023
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Adoption of vegan dog and cat diets could have environmental benefits
A new analysis estimates a variety of potential benefits for environmental sustainability—for instance, reduced freshwater consumption and greenhouse gas emissions—that could result from switching all pet dogs and cats ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2023
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Researchers create formula for first synthetic sugarcane molasses with fully reproducible composition
Molasses, a broad term used to describe concentrated sugarcane or sugarbeet juice solutions after removal of sucrose crystals, are an industrial byproduct of the raw sugar production process. Natural molasses have variable ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2023
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Legal mining sites in Brazil store 2.55 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide in vegetation and soil, study estimates
As global temperatures continue to reach all-time highs and discussions intensify about ways to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2023
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How bees can monitor pollution for us: Everything from toxic metals to antimicrobial resistance
Our cities are complex places of work, industry and residential activities. This often makes it hard to pin down the spread of different contaminants throughout them.
Ecology
Aug 25, 2023
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