Tag: ecology

Eva Rothenberg: Why the 'brightest color on Earth' may also be the future of eco-conscious art

Art and science can seem two opposites on a spectrum. One is creative and interpretive, the other exact and empirical. But an emerging technology known as Pure Structural Colour — dubbed the “boldest, brightest color on Earth” in a new exhibition — shows how interplay between the two may be revolutionary for both. Panels of… Read More Eva Rothenberg: Why the 'brightest color on Earth' may also be the future of eco-conscious art

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World leaders ‘ignoring’ role of destruction of nature in causing pandemics // World’s soils ‘under great pressure’, says UN pollution report

The razing of forests and hunting of wildlife is increasingly bringing animals and the microbes they harbour into contact with people and livestock. About 70% of new infectious diseases have come from animals, including Covid-19, Sars, bird flu, Ebola and HIV. However, preventing this root cause of spillover is scarcely mentioned by leaders and authorities,… Read More World leaders ‘ignoring’ role of destruction of nature in causing pandemics // World’s soils ‘under great pressure’, says UN pollution report

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Shell: Netherlands court orders oil giant to cut emissions // Why a ‘crushing’ day for Big Oil represents a watershed moment in the climate battle

By 2030, Shell must cut its CO2 emissions by 45% compared to 2019 levels, the civil court ruled. The Shell group is responsible for its own CO2 emissions and those of its suppliers, the verdict said. It is the first time a company has been legally obliged to align its policies with the Paris climate… Read More Shell: Netherlands court orders oil giant to cut emissions // Why a ‘crushing’ day for Big Oil represents a watershed moment in the climate battle

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Hridayesh Joshi: चिपको आंदोलन से बहुत बड़ा है सुंदरलाल बहुगुणा का संघर्ष / Jagdish Krishnaswamy: Sunderlal Bahuguna had wide political acceptance

शुक्रवारकोसुंदरलालबहुगुणाकेनिधनकेसाथहिमालयमेंपर्यावरणीयसंघर्षऔरचेतनाकेएकअध्यायकासमापनहोगया.   93 साल के सुंदरलाल कोरोना से पीड़ित थे और पिछली 8 मई को उन्हें ऋषिकेश के एम्स में भरती किया गया था.  बहुगुणा को सत्तर के दशक में उत्तराखंड में चले चिपको आंदोलन से जुड़े होने के कारण “चिपको” नेता के नाम से जाना जाता है लेकिन आमजन और पर्यावरण के लिए उनके संघर्ष… Read More Hridayesh Joshi: चिपको आंदोलन से बहुत बड़ा है सुंदरलाल बहुगुणा का संघर्ष / Jagdish Krishnaswamy: Sunderlal Bahuguna had wide political acceptance

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Governments achieve target of protecting 17% of land globally

An area greater than the land mass of Russia has been added to the world’s network of national parks and conservation areas since 2010, amid growing pressure to protect nature. As of today, about 17% of land and inland water ecosystems and 8% of marine areas are within formal protected areas, with the total coverage increasing… Read More Governments achieve target of protecting 17% of land globally

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How oil capitalists conspired to spread climate change denialism — in 1988

In the summer of 1988, the United States experienced the worst heat waves and droughts since the Dust Bowl. Ominous images of burning forests, withering fields and sweltering cities filled the American press and elicited nervous suspicion: was this the work of the so-called greenhouse effect? Had the danger of which some scientists warned already arrived?… Read More How oil capitalists conspired to spread climate change denialism — in 1988

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Forest the size of France regrown worldwide over 20 years, study finds

An area of forest the size of France has regrown around the world over the past 20 years, showing that regeneration in some places is paying off, a new analysis has found. Nearly 59m hectares of forests have regrown since 2000, the research found, providing the potential to soak up and store 5.9 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide… Read More Forest the size of France regrown worldwide over 20 years, study finds

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Harriet Sherwood: The man orchestrating climate protest … from a shed in the Hebrides

In the past year, Roc Sandford has left the tiny Scottish island which is his off-grid home only once, to get a Covid vaccination. The rest of the time he has been alone with the birds, sheep and open skies. His days are busy but evenings can be lonely; cooking for one is “very sad”,… Read More Harriet Sherwood: The man orchestrating climate protest … from a shed in the Hebrides

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