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#Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of ethics

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“#Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of ethics” by Anthony Capon, Arunima Malik, David Pencheon, Helga Weisz and Manfred Lenzen, The Conversation </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/healthcareha.jpg” data-sub-html=”Credit: Shutterstock” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/healthcareha.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”Health care has a huge environmental footprint, which then harms health. This is a matter of…

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#Humans are encroaching on Antarctica’s last wild places, threatening its fragile biodiversity

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“#Humans are encroaching on Antarctica’s last wild places, threatening its fragile biodiversity” Since Western explorers discovered Antarctica 200 years ago, human activity has been increasing. Now, more than 30 countries operate scientific stations in Antarctica, more than 50,000 tourists visit each year, and new infrastructure continues to be developed to meet this rising demand. Determining…

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#Russian wildfire smoke choking Siberian cities

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“#Russian wildfire smoke choking Siberian cities” A heatwave caused by changing climate in northern Siberia has contributed to the severity of fires this year Smoke from raging forest fires in Siberia was filling cities Thursday as officials scrambled to prevent the flames from reaching homes. More than 100 firefighters and volunteers were trying to douse…

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#Siberia heat ‘almost impossible’ without climate change

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“#Siberia heat ‘almost impossible’ without climate change” The study found that the prolonged heat this year across Siberia would happen less than once every 80,000 years without human-induced climate change A recent heatwave in Siberia that saw temperature records tumble as the region sweltered in 38-Celsius highs was “almost impossible” without the influence of manmade…

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#On Antarctica, humanity’s small footprint has big impact

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“#On Antarctica, humanity’s small footprint has big impact” Antarctica’s “high human impact areas” often overlap with areas important for biodiversity Humanity’s accelerating impact on the vast wilderness of Antarctica extends well beyond scientific stations and eco-tourism along its fringes, both in scope and intensity, scientists warned Wednesday. By almost any definition, Antarctica is by far…

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#Russia launches probe into ‘orange’ Urals streams

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“#Russia launches probe into ‘orange’ Urals streams” Drone footage uploaded last week by an Instagram travel blogger showed a bright-orange landscape near the disused copper-sulphide mine Russian prosecutors on Wednesday said they were conducting an inspection of a facility supposed to treat acid runoff from an abandoned Urals mine after photographs emerged of streams running…

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#G20 carbon ‘food-print’ highest in meat-loving nations: report

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“#G20 carbon ‘food-print’ highest in meat-loving nations: report” Among the world’s top economies, only the per capita carbon “food-print” in India and Indonesia is low enough to ensure the Paris climate target of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius If everyone alive ate steaks and dairy the way Brazilians and Americans do, we would…

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#Devices can reduce fibers produced in laundry cycle by up to 80%

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“#Devices can reduce fibers produced in laundry cycle by up to 80%” Dr Imogen Napper loads up a washing machine as part of the study. Credit: University of Plymouth Using fiber-catching devices as part of the laundry process can dramatically reduce the amount of microscopic particles potentially entering the marine environment, according to new research….

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#NASA finds limited water vapor as depression 06E becomes a trough

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“#NASA finds limited water vapor as depression 06E becomes a trough” When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, it gathered water vapor data on Tropical Depression 06E that showed it had opened up into a trough. A trough is an elongated area of low pressure. On July 14 at 4:50 p.m. EDT…

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#Identifying sources of deadly air pollution in the United States

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“#Identifying sources of deadly air pollution in the United States” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study from University of Minnesota researchers provides an unprecedented look at the causes of poor air quality in the United States and its effects on human health. The research, to be published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and…