The 'Third Pole' centered on the Tibetan Plateau is home to headwaters of over 10 major Asian rivers. These glacier-based water systems, also known as the Asian Water Towers, will have to struggle to quench the thirst of ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2021
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The Earth is populated by an increasing number of people who demand more and more products, which is simply not viable in the long run. Our planet does not have unlimited resources. Emissions are harming the environment ...
Economics & Business
Jan 06, 2021
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The world has experienced dramatic urbanization in recent decades. According to the latest report from the United Nations (UN), the global population in 2018 was 7.6 billion and the urban population was 4.2 billion. By 2050, ...
Environment
Jan 06, 2021
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A team working with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has developed a highly efficient supercapacitor. The basis of the energy storage device is a ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 04, 2021
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Fashion brands should engage "more proactively" with social media users around sustainability and ethics, after University of Liverpool analysis suggested their current approach may be "counter-productive."
Social Sciences
Jan 04, 2021
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Despite all warnings, people continue to ruthlessly exploit land resources around the world, planting monocultures and setting up large-scale infrastructure. Social ecologist Anke Schaffartzik analyses the political and economic ...
Environment
Dec 29, 2020
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A multidisciplinary survey focusing on the role ecotourism has in sustainable development, led by the University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy) and published in Ecology and Society, reveals the great potential that hiking guides ...
Environment
Dec 24, 2020
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Ivory Coast has announced the creation of its first Marine Protected Area (MPA).
Ecology
Dec 21, 2020
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Researchers from IRD, the CNRS and Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) have assessed the capacity of the principal ocean management tools to achieve the "Conserve and sustainably use the oceans' sustainable development ...
Ecology
Dec 17, 2020
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The biodiversity in Germany's agricultural landscape has declined considerably in recent years, even in nature reserves. In their joint statement "Biodiversity and Management of Agricultural Landscapes—Wide-ranging action ...
Ecology
Dec 15, 2020
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