187 articles from THURSDAY 28.10.2021
Plant from plastics: Bio-based polymers can be transformed into fertilizer
- ScienceDaily
- 21/10/28 15:32
Bioplastics can be chemically recycled into nitrogen-rich fertilizers in a facile and environmentally friendly way, as recently demonstrated. Their findings pave the way towards sustainable circular systems that simultaneously address issues such as plastic pollution, petrochemical resource depletion, and world hunger.
Giant pandas’ distinctive black and white markings provide effective camouflage, study finds
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- 21/10/28 15:32
The high-contrast pattern of giant pandas helps them blend in with their natural environment.
Why TIME Dedicated an Issue to the Global Climate Fight
In 1989, when TIME chose The Endangered Earth as Planet of the Year, in lieu of the usual Person of the Year, the critics pounced. The article itself quoted a University of California scientist who called the greenhouse effect “the laugh of the century.” One reader wrote that the contents of the article “are an excellent example of the solid waste problem.” The skeptics...
NASA to Host Briefing on Webb Telescope Engineering, Deployments
Portal origin URL: NASA to Host Briefing on Webb Telescope Engineering, DeploymentsPortal origin nid: 474995Published: Thursday, October 28, 2021 - 09:14Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will hold a virtual media briefing 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Nov. 2, to discuss the engineering of the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest and most...
How Silicon Valley hatched a plan to turn blood into human eggs
A few years ago, a young man from California’s technology scene began popping up in the world’s leading developmental biology labs. These labs were deciphering the secrets of embryos and had a particular interest in how eggs are formed. Some thought if they discovered that recipe, they would be able to copy it and transmute…
New British polar research ship ready for maiden voyage
The CBC's Tesa Arcilla in London reports on Britain's new state-of-the-art polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, docking briefly in the city before COP26 and its first ocean voyage to Antarctica. (Alberto Pezzali/The Associated...
Halloween candy comes with hidden environmental costs
Halloween. Valentine's Day. Easter. Throughout the year, US stores are stocked with rotating confections such as chocolates, gummies, and hard candies.
Great minds don't think alike: Why companies need to understand cognitive diversity
Companies must do more to understand cognitive diversity and foster a culture of 'constructive disagreement' within their boardrooms to make better decisions, according to a new report published today.
AFL fans keen to see league and clubs take action on climate change
Four out of five AFL fans believe sport in Australia is feeling the impacts of climate change and a majority would support their club and the league taking action against it, a Monash University survey has revealed.
Study of destructive California fire finds resilience planning must account for socially vulnerable
Effective resiliency planning must account for the socially vulnerable and the many ways that schools and health care facilities serve and connect those people to their community, according to researchers who examined the aftermath of the 2018 Camp Fire that devastated Paradise, California.
Call for action on TB as deaths rise for first time in decade
Tuberculosis campaigners tell G20 leaders $1bn is needed annually for vaccine research to reverse decades of underfundingA group of tuberculosis survivors are calling for more funding and action to find new vaccines, after the numbers dying of the infection rose for the first time in 10 years.In 2020, 1.5 million were killed by TB and 10 million infected, according to the World Health...
Here Are the Goals of the COP26 Climate Change Meetings—and Where the World Stands in Accomplishing Them
Next week, thousands of ministers and diplomats from across the world will descend on an event campus in Glasgow, Scotland for the most important climate conference in recent years—and perhaps the most significant international meeting of our lifetimes. From Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, they’ll be bringing forward countries’ first updated plans to cut emissions…
John Kerry Is Bringing America Back Into the Climate Fight
John Kerry can feel the heat. It’s a sunny mid-July day in Naples, Italy, and we’re sitting on the roof of his hotel overlooking the Mediterranean. As tourists on the other side of the patio snap photos of Mount Vesuvius looming in the background, Kerry is warning about the fate of human life on earth.…
Meet the Man Who Defines the Energy Markets—And Wants the World to Go Clean
As the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol oversees research on trends that define energy markets. When Birol speaks, energy companies and policymakers around the world listen, informing decisions that determine how humans power homes, factories and cars.
This year, Birol turned the world upside down when he declared the dawn of a new world economy powered by clean energy after...
Barbados’ Prime Minister Has a Message for Rich Countries
In the battle to slow down climate change, countries like Barbados are on the “front line,” says Prime Minister Mia Mottley. The island is threatened by rising sea levels and extreme weather events like hurricanes that are increasing in intensity and frequency.
But adapting to the impacts of climate change, to build defenses and repair the damage from hurricanes, will cost money...
There’s Still One Part of the Paris Agreement That Hasn’t Been Finalized. She Wants to Change That
Countries have long agreed that emissions could be cut faster by allowing carbon trading—where one nation or business pays for projects that reduce emissions in another country, and then counts those reductions in their own targets. These carbon markets would funnel funds to the projects that cut emissions most efficiently—potentially reducing costs of meeting targets by up to 79%....
Climate Resilience is a Design Challenge. This Bangladeshi Architect Has Solutions
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is almost entirely surrounded by the waters of the Ganges River delta. Highly vulnerable to rising sea levels, Dhaka also faces threats from above: monsoon rains regularly overwhelm drainage systems and flood streets. Paradoxically, Dhaka also lacks clean water; as the population of 24 million sucks wells dry, seawater rushes in to take its place.
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Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa
In October 2019, the Rotary Club of Bugolobi asked me to talk on the environment and climate change. I looked forward to the opportunity. It would be the first time as an activist that I’d be addressing Ugandan professionals, many of whom were my parents’ age (I’m 24). The audience would be civic-minded middle-class men…