Environment
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Heat stress may affect more than 1.2 billion people annually by 2100
Rising global temperatures are increasing exposure to extreme heat and humidity.
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Keeping cats indoors could blunt adverse effects to wildlife
Birds alighting on driveways and baby bunnies munching on lawn grass should keep something in mind: Beware the house cat.
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Is it possible to live in a world without plastic?
Here are 3 ecological projects that show that it is possible to live without these synthetic products.
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How much does black carbon contribute to climate warming?
A new article provides a framework that can be used to improve estimates of black carbon's impact on climate.
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Data centers use less energy than you think
If the world is using more and more data, then it must be using more and more energy, right? Not…
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Eco-friendly biodiesel from palm oil?
The vegetable-based oils are questioned as an alternative to fossil fuels.
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Stressed out? Spend some time in nature
New research has found that as little as 10 minutes in a natural setting can help college students feel happier…
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How countries respond to weather change
A two degree Centigrade increase in global average temperature will lead to catastrophic consequences for the planet. Humanity has a…
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Wall Street investors react to climate change
Climate change is being felt in a corner of the world different from where one might expect: Wall Street.
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Environment friendly toilet paper could change the world
The manufacturing of toilet paper devastates forests around the world, it is necessary to find more ecological forms of this product.
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