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What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About Vegetation in the Mu Us Desert
Earth.Org analysed satellite data to assess the changes in vegetation and land cover in the Mu Us desert in North-western China from 1985...
Constant Tedder
Dec 6, 20193 min read
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Algal Biofuel: The Answer to Independence from Fossil Fuels?
Biofuels- fuels made from plants- have been touted as a solution for the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. These ‘energy crops’ include...
Constant Tedder
Dec 2, 20193 min read
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How Urban Green Spaces are Impacting on China’s Environmental and Public Health
For the nearly 850 million citizens who live in Chinese cities, physical and mental health issues are the lived reality as a result of...
Constant Tedder
Nov 27, 20193 min read
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The Industry Rallying Against Plastic Pollution
For those of us who are reducing our intake of single-use plastic, reusing plastic items and recycling wherever possible, it can be...
Constant Tedder
Nov 20, 20193 min read
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The Secret Weapon in the War On Climate Crisis
To meet climate change mitigation targets, practices that improve soil quality, like soil carbon sequestration, could be an effective and...
Constant Tedder
Oct 29, 20193 min read
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Food Revolution: How Plant-Based Protein Would Solve Global Food Crisis
Plant-based protein could be a powerful means to solve a global food crisis. A new UBS report states that sweeping technological...
Constant Tedder
Sep 30, 20193 min read
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How India’s Indigenous Farmers Are Successfully Resisting Climate Change
Incredibly resilient tribal farmlands in eastern India show how to fight climate change with agrobiodiversity. — India’s agricultural...
Constant Tedder
Sep 10, 20194 min read
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Climate Crisis: University of Cambridge to Launch a New Centre to Explore Geoengineering and Climate
It would be the world’s first major research centre dedicated to the task of reversing climate change using geoengineering. — The...
Constant Tedder
Sep 9, 20192 min read
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Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage: A Silver Bullet for Carbon Emissions?
As a carbon mitigation tool, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is gaining momentum among scientists and conservationists....
Constant Tedder
Sep 2, 20193 min read
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How the World’s Largest Fintech Company is Greening China
Alibaba, the world’s largest fintech company, is using Alipay to tap into mobile games to fight desertification, greening China in the...
Constant Tedder
Aug 9, 20193 min read
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How Electric Fences Can Save Hundreds of Sri Lankan Elephants
A group of researchers from the Centre for Conservation and Research in Sri Lanka, have suggested the construction of electric fences...
Constant Tedder
Apr 12, 20193 min read
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Smart Farms: How AI Can Solve Water Wastage
Agriculture accounts for around 70% of all water withdrawals globally according to the World Bank, and approximately 60% of that is...
Constant Tedder
Apr 10, 20193 min read
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New Frontiers for Carbon Capture: An Interview with Prof. Michael Celia, Director of the Princeton E
In an exclusive interview with Earth.Org, Michael Celia, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University and...
Constant Tedder
Mar 5, 20195 min read
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Scientists Develop Biodegradable ‘Plastic’ From Marine Organisms
Researchers in Israel have developed an environmentally friendly, degradable plastic – like polymer derived from marine organisms that...
Constant Tedder
Jan 16, 20192 min read
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Carbon Capture Technology Is Finally Underway
The time is ripe for large-scale carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), a suite of technologies that trap carbon dioxide produced by...
Constant Tedder
Dec 10, 20185 min read
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