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Scientists can turn plastic waste into hydrogen which is usable as a clean source of fuel. The procedure is quite easy - the scientists simply microwave the plastic. You can read the whole article on Warp News: https://www.warpnews.org/green-tech/plastic-is-turned-into-hydrogen-a-clean-source-of-fuel/
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The European Parliament released a formal #COP27 resolution which passed earlier today, the outline of demands includes the urging of states to develop and adopt a Fossil Fuel, Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. This proposed international mechanism would complement the Paris Agreement by enabling an equitable phase-out of oil, gas, and coal production, which currently is responsible for more than 80% of global emissions in the last decade. The EU resolution responds to scientific warnings by urging governments to “phase-out fossil fuels as soon as possible”, but also demands climate justice and a just and equitable transition, calling on European countries to “stand ready to contribute to closing the gap necessary to limit global warming to 1.5° C, in a just, socially balanced, fair and cost-effective way, while taking into account aspects of global fairness and equity and the EU’s historical and current responsibility for the emissions causing the climate crisis.” Source: https://fossilfueltreaty.org/home https://fossilfueltreaty.org/european-parliament/#press-release
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Dear Ella Matsdotter Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to European Parliament and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Muhammad We Don't Have Time
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This is very good news! WOW
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That's a great step!
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Did you know that sloths hold a whole independent ecosystem in their fur? Today is sloth day 🦥! Here are some reasons why sloths are especially spectacular, and how they help protect their tropical forest habitat which we urgently need to protect. --> A sloth's fur is home to a whole ecosystem, an entire community of tiny, living things. Animals burrow into a sloth’s hair to eat delicious algae that often grows there (hence why they can sometimes look green). Hundreds of moths, beetles, cockroaches, and worms can reportedly be found on some sloths and aid the notorious animal in keeping clean and healthy as well as acting as an effective form of camouflage. Yet, due to the sloths' remarkably low body temperature and unusual circulatory system, they do not attract blood-sucking invertebrates such as leeches, fleas, or ticks. --> They rarely leave the security of their treetops, moms even give birth while hanging from tree branches. Whereafter the newborns crawl onto their moms’ bellies, where they then hang out for the next several months. And while sloths are famously slow, they have sometimes been known to take a quick, sporty swim where they drop down from the branches they’re clinging to into rivers below. And surprisingly, sloths are skilled at this water activity, where they become three times faster in water than on land. So then how do sloths help aid the environment? More commonly, sloths inhabit the rainforests of South America, although across the species they do span a vast amount of countries. Sloths help their environment by opening up the rainforest canopies, allowing vital sunlight to trickle down to the forest floor. Additionally, they tend to, due to their slow metabolism, go for the younger, softer leaves which also allows the trees to send their energy resources to the more fully developed leaves for oxygen production. They also fertilize vegetation by defecation and are an important food source for predators such as jaguars, ocelots, and margays. They have even been known to provide a cure for some diseases, where chemicals found in the sloth's fur could be used to fight against diseases such as breast cancer and malaria-carrying parasites. We already know that for several unjustifiable reasons these precious ecosystems which sloths inhabit are in decline. Due to deforestation and global warming, the areas are becoming smaller and smaller. Because of this, we might in a not-so-far-away future, lose this incredibly gentle, unique, and iconic mammal. It is imperative to understand that nature is not at our service, it is time to outgrow our anthropocentric mentality. Sloths have been around for millions of years, proving that you don’t have to outrun life in order to survive it. And although we can learn from this important message, in regard to the protection of our earth We Don't Have Time to wait, because soon it will be too late to save them and the environment they help protect. Sources: https://slothconservation.org/what-do-sloths-give-to-humanity/ https://www.natience.com/how-do-sloths-help-the-environment/
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Very informative. Nature is to be protected at all cost.
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We 💚 sloths, let's protect them
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Wildfires can intensify already destructive storms as much as half a continent away New research finds that wildfires in the western U.S. can lead to greater hailstorms and more intense rainfall as far as 1,500 miles away, as climate-fuelled drought and unprecedented heat push them to new, unparalleled extremes. Scientists have begun to investigate and catalog the ways the massive events influence weather, unveiling the crucial reality that different climate-impacted regions are intrinsically connected. Wildfires have recent years begun to erupt earlier and earlier, a factor made possible due to climate change driven drought and more intense heat waves. The leaders of this research chose to look into several big central storms dating from the year 2010. Whilst doing so, they revealed data which proved such big conflagrations occurring right before major storm events, thus proving their hypothesis. Additionally, the California’s fire agency stated that we are now entering a period where we no longer experience wildfire 'seasons', and that now instead we will see blazes engulfing large areas all year round. Read more on how fires affect storms in the article here --> https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/wildfires-can-intensify-destructive-storms-half-a-continent-away PHOTOGRAPH BY STUART PALLEY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
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If we don’t stop burning fuel there will be more frequent and more intense fire seasons.
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Human behaviour and climate change - Can shifting social norms help mitigate climate change? How can we bring about collective climate action and speed up policy change? An interdisciplinary team of researchers in the latest issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, presents findings on how social norms, thus 'patterns of behaviors or values that depend on expectations about what others do and/or think should be done', and changes is such, can not only help create political pressure for increased climate action, but also lead to more pressure for change in legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at both local and national, but most importantly, global levels. In the paper, Sara M. Constantino, an assistant professor at Northeastern University and lead author on the paper, and her colleagues review literature on how social-norm change occurs and behaves, and how the tendency to conform or coordinate with others can drive rapid social change, as well as the circumstances under which this is most likely to happen. They explain, that by essentially harnessing the power of social norms, and their constant changing nature, we can speed up and expand climate action and interest. This they claim can take two interrelated forms: such as social-norm interventions, which attempts to increase the societal adoption of sustainable social norms within certain social networks; and social-tipping interventions, which aim to generate change that disrupts previous unsustainable norms. The former "can reshape individuals' and communities' behaviors by correcting social misperceptions and/or by rendering visible the prevalence of certain private behaviors (e.g., water and energy conservation, recycling, voting)". Whereas the latter utilizes more substantial interventions such as subsidies which then is used to incentivize change in a subset part of a specific population, thus "'tipping' societies toward a new social norm even in the absence of sustained interventions" due to the adoption of more sustainable practices, behaviours and beliefs which subsequently leads to broader social change. The paper emphasizes the importance of caution when attempting to implement such change, where the perceived threats to people's sense of agency and autonomy, or even on a larger scale, the sovereignty of states, can become 'roadblocks' impeding widespread societal change. Likewise, the phenomenon known as "moral licensing", where some implemented climate actions lead to individuals or even whole subsets of populations feeling they have 'done enough' and thus reducing further action. We need to change the system, to change the climate! Source: Sara M. Constantino, Gregg Sparkman, Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, Cristina Bicchieri, Damon Centola, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Sonja Vogt, Elke U. Weber. Scaling Up Change: A Critical Review and Practical Guide to Harnessing Social Norms for Climate Action. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2022; 23 (2): 50 DOI: 10.1177/15291006221105279 Picture: https://sites.uoguelph.ca/gier/human-behaviour-and-climate-change/
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AGL will close its Victorian coal-fired power plant Loy Yang A - which provides 30 percent of Victoria's electricity - 10 years earlier than expected. "We are aiming to reshape our energy portfolio into a cleaner and more flexible one, transitioning away from coal and focusing on new renewable and firming capacity." - AGL chair Patricia McKenzie, saying it's definitely a new direction for the Australian energy giant, which after the close by the end of 2035, is expecting to reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissions from 40 million tonnes to net zero. Signaling the death nail for coal mining in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, AGL will have to find 20 billion dollars to chart its course to a more sustainable greener energy solutions and a low emissions future. The decision has sadly been met with some resistance from both locals and the government, most of it coming from those employed in the plant, however the company has pledged to "transition" its workforce into "new and existing industries". This is certainly good news, although AGL has still refrained from determining a timeline for closure of Bayswater in the NSW Hunter Valley. Read more about this at --> https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/agl-to-unveil-plan-to-close-coal-fired-power-station-loy-yang-a-a-decade-early
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That's great news!
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Onshore algae farms could be 'breadbasket for Global South' - paper published on October 6 We are facing several issues regarding society's future nutritional demands, where population growth, limited arable land, lack of freshwater and environmental degradation are all factors currently further exacerbated by climate change. However, hope is found in alternative measures, such as the alternative of growing protein-dense microalgae in onshore, seawater-fed aquaculture systems. A study implemented by researchers at Cornell University provides a look into a future where food alternatives such as algae can prove to "help increase food production by more than 50% and feed a projected 10 billion people by 2050". Not only is the resource highly nutritious, providing nutrients commonly lacking in vegetarian diets (amino acids, minerals found in meat and omega-3 fatty acids), and fast-growing, but it can also be cultivated in environments not already used for other purposes. The paper specifies that it would particularly be of interest to establish along the coast of the Global south, including commonly uncultivated areas such as desert environments. Where such potential locations could be established is in the paper determined by using GIS-based models, which also predict yields based on annual sunlight, topography, and other environmental and logistical factors of importance. "And because we're growing it in relatively enclosed and controlled facilities, we don't have the same kind of environmental impacts." - Charles Greene, professor emeritus of earth and atmospheric sciences and the paper's senior author. Stating that nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers in excess can be captured and reused, instead of polluting waterways and our soil, thus being a more sustainable food source option. Read more about the work they've done and are continuing to do --> DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2022.213 Charles Greene, Celina Scott-Buechler, Arjun Hausner, Zackary Johnson, Xin Gen Lei, Mark Huntley. Transforming the Future of Marine Aquaculture: A Circular Economy Approach. Oceanography, 2022; 26 Source: Cornell University. (2022, October 6). Onshore algae farms could be 'breadbasket for Global South'. ScienceDaily. Retrieved October 10, 2022 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221006162844.htm Picture: Microalgae cultivation facility along the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawai'i. Image provided by the Cyanotech Corporation.
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This is very interesting, thank you for sharing!
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Great news!! Let's all try to leave the earth a better place than we found it. Small acts when multiplied by millions of people transform's the world.
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A break through that we have been waiting for. Kudos to the team that has worked tirelessly to sort the plastics mess.
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Congratulations Peter Edwards and your team for offering a sustainable solutions to plastics that end up in land fills