Indonesia Is Switching Capital Cities Because the Old One Is Sinking Into the Ocean
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Jakarta, Indonesia's biggest city,is sinking into the surrounding Java Sea because many of the city's 10 million people have no access to...
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- Nov 9, 2022
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How crowdsourced weather observations help cities prepare for extreme heat
In 2016, Victor Sanchez, 67, who works in public media, helped scientists gauge how dangerous it is to stay indoors during a heatwave....
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- Oct 25, 2022
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In 10 years, wildfires have destroyed almost all of the 100-year forest buffer in California carbon
Offsetting projects such as forestry schemes often contribute some of their credits into a buffer pool that acts as an insurance...
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- Oct 21, 2022
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Percentage of Florida Power & Light's 11.7 million solar panels that were damaged when southwest Florida was hit by Hurricane Ian....
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- Oct 13, 2022
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Polluted air worsens the effects of COVID-19, a new study finds
We know that air pollution can cause health problems, like heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and high blood pressure, that have been...
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- Oct 13, 2022
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This startup called Enersion, is using low grade heat to produce cooling
Enersion has developed an innovative cooling technology that uses low grade waste heat instead of electricity to produce cooling,...
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- Oct 11, 2022
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In 2030, between 1.9 and 2.6 billion people are likely to suffer from a lack of water
Water is essential for agricultural production and food security. It is the lifeblood of ecosystems, including forests, lakes and...
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- Oct 11, 2022
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21% of major companies commit to net zero
The IPCC 1.5°C report, reveals that one fifth of 2,000 of the world’s largest public companies, representing sales of nearly $14...
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- Oct 11, 2022
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14 Extra Heatwave Days for the world!
The world has had 2 extra heatwave day per decade since 1950. This means 14 extra days were added by 2020! In 2020, the met office in the...
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bhumikalathia
- Oct 11, 2022
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Cooling down with technology borrowed from Krill Biology
Researchers from the University of Toronto are borrowing from krill biology to develop new technologies to cool down indoor environments....
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bhumikalathia
- Oct 10, 2022
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Investors demand companies publish details of their efforts to reach their climate commitments
More than 50 large investors are demanding companies publish details of efforts to tackle climate change and give shareholders a vote on...
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bhumikalathia
- Oct 10, 2022
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Coca-Cola bottlers aim to develop technology to capture CO2 and convert it into sugar
Coca-Cola’s largest bottling firm has announced plans to explore and scale methods to capture carbon and convert it into key materials...
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