A new global survey of city leaders underscores pressing challenges facing municipalities, including rising inequality, extreme heat and flood risks exacerbated by climate change, and a need to rebalance transportation systems ...
Economics & Business
Sep 27, 2022
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Researchers from the University of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute have worked with The Glenlivet distillery to introduce environmentally sustainable solutions at Chivas Brothers' Speyside distillery to address water ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2022
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Water scarcity and water pollution are increasingly critical global issues. Water scarcity is driven not only by shortages of water, but also by rendering water unusable through pollution. New Zealand is no exception to these ...
Agriculture
May 31, 2022
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Recent intense heatwaves in India and widespread US droughts have highlighted the need for a global approach to tackling chronic water shortages.
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2022
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Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought—the driest conditions those regions have seen in a century. And many areas in Western Canada and the United States are experiencing extreme ...
Environment
May 9, 2022
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Scientists supported by the EU-funded FORGENIUS project have presented a new data set showing current and potential future distributions of European tree species. Called EU-Trees4F, the data set provides a detailed model ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2022
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As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts warn that a combination of climate change and bad resource management could trigger severe drinking water shortages.
Environment
Mar 23, 2022
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"Herders and farmers have their feet on the ground, but their eyes on the sky." The old saying is still popular in Spain's rural communities who, faced with recurrent droughts, have historically paraded sculptures of saints ...
Environment
Mar 2, 2022
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If your New Year's resolution is to eat better for the planet, a new Tulane University study finds it may be easier than you think.Â
Environment
Jan 13, 2022
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Many African cities struggle to supply safe, potable water to their residents. One of the main reasons for this is urbanization; cities' populations grow rapidly as more people move to them from rural areas.
Environment
Jan 10, 2022
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