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Constant Tedder
Aug 11, 20214 min read
How Air Pollution Contributes to the Spread of COVID-19
Preliminary studies have identified a positive correlation between COVID-19-related mortalities and air pollution. There is also a...
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Constant Tedder
Sep 23, 20202 min read
The UK is Sending 1.6Bn Surgical Masks to Landfill Every Month- Report
According to a research report by shopping comparison site, Finder.Com, the UK could be sending 53.5 million single-use blue surgical...
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Constant Tedder
Sep 18, 20206 min read
The Project Working to Predict and Avoid Pandemics
In February 2018, a panel of experts presented to the World Health Organization (WHO) a list of diseases that posed public health risks...
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Constant Tedder
Aug 26, 20203 min read
What Happens to All That Used PPE: Face Masks Pollution
As states begin to reopen and people start to venture outdoors, they may notice new, previously unseen forms of pollution- face masks and...
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Constant Tedder
Aug 10, 20204 min read
As the World Turns to Science During a Pandemic, Will We Trust Climate Science More?
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, medical science and big data have helped countries navigate the crisis. Meanwhile, countries that have...
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Constant Tedder
Jul 30, 20204 min read
Why We Need to Use Our COVID-19 Response to Tackle the Climate Crisis
How can we learn from our response to COVID-19 to tackle other crises, such as the climate crisis? The virus has generated one of the...
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Constant Tedder
Jul 21, 20203 min read
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
How can we prevent the next pandemic? In an interview with Yale Environment 360, science author David Quammen says that the COVID-19...
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Constant Tedder
Jul 8, 20203 min read
New Swine Flu Found in China, Researchers Warn of Potential Pandemic
According to a study published in the US science journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers in China have...
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Constant Tedder
Jul 6, 20205 min read
Another Side Effect of COVID-19: The Surge in Plastic Pollution
Single-use plastic is one of the greatest threats to the environment. According to the Hong Kong-based NGO OceansAsia, approximately 300...
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Constant Tedder
Jul 1, 20204 min read
What COVID-19 Should Teach Us About Social Equality
While this pandemic has forced much of the world to self-isolate inside their homes, this is simply not possible for many people. While...
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Constant Tedder
Jun 24, 20204 min read
Tourism Has Crashed: Are Carbon Credits the Future for Funding Conservation in Africa?
The abrupt collapse of tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic has again highlighted the inadequacy of resources for conservation in...
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Constant Tedder
Jun 15, 20203 min read
Air Pollution in China Returns to Pre-COVID-19 Levels, Europe to Follow
The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic eased air pollution levels as a result of lockdown measures around the world, especially in...
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Constant Tedder
Jun 10, 20209 min read
Rapid Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon Could Bring Next Pandemic: Experts
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe and is showing little sign of dissipating, with fresh outbreaks being reported in Latin...
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Constant Tedder
May 27, 20203 min read
‘Extreme’ 17% Drop in Global Carbon Emissions Due to COVID-19 Shutdowns
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an ‘extreme’ effect on daily carbon emissions, resulting in a drop of 17% in global carbon emissions,...
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Constant Tedder
May 20, 20204 min read
Op-Ed: The World Needs to Flatten the Carbon Curve Post COVID-19
To ‘flatten the curve’ is a term that has become popular with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It refers to slowing the rate of...
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Constant Tedder
May 14, 20203 min read
World Cannot Return to ‘Business As Usual’ Post-COVID-19- City Leaders
A network of mayors of some of the world’s most powerful cities has warned that the recovery post-COVID-19 should not be a return to...
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Constant Tedder
May 14, 20204 min read
Reduced Emissions From COVID-19 Shutdowns Not a Substitute for Climate Action
Social media has been abuzz with images of clear skies around the world as a result of lowered emissions due to coronavirus shutdown...
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Constant Tedder
May 12, 20204 min read
Don’t Blame Bats for COVID-19. Blame Humans
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the spread of zoonotic diseases to the fore, with evidence mounting that bats infected another animal,...
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Constant Tedder
Mar 26, 20205 min read
COVID-19 Reveals Unexpected Benefit: Reduced Emissions
COVID-19 has spread rapidly from China to the rest of the world. Thousands of lives have been lost and the pandemic has all but crashed...
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Constant Tedder
Mar 20, 20204 min read
COVID-19: Unmasking the Environmental Impact
With as many as 300 000 cases recorded in 188 countries, the United Nations’ World Health Organization has recently declared the...
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