#Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics: report

“#Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics: report” Concerns over plastic use has led some governments to restrict single-use plastics and impose recycling targets Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world’s insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said Friday, in a “bet” on society’s failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding…

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#Indigenous knowledge still undervalued: study

“#Indigenous knowledge still undervalued: study” Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research has found that Indigenous knowledge is regularly underutilised and misunderstood when making important environmental decisions. Published in a special edition of the journal People and Nature, the study investigates how to improve collaborations between Indigenous knowledge holders and scientists, and recommends that greater equity…

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#Striving and stumbling towards sustainability amongst pandas and people

“#Striving and stumbling towards sustainability amongst pandas and people” Tourists flock to see pandas in China’s Wolong National Nature Reserve, bringing with them an array of sustainability impacts. Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability The path to global sustainability isn’t a one-way street and scientists at Michigan State University and in…

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#NASA eyes typhoon Haishen’s 10 mile-wide eye

“#NASA eyes typhoon Haishen’s 10 mile-wide eye” NASA’s Terra satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Haishen on Sept. 3 at 0145 UTC (Sept. 2 at 9:45 p.m. EDT). Satellite imagery shows deep convection and spiral banding of thunderstorms wrapping tightly around the eye and into a low-level circulation center. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth…

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#NASA finds Maysak becoming extra-tropical

“#NASA finds Maysak becoming extra-tropical” On Sept. 3, NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite revealed southeasterly wind shear battering Maysak had exposed the center of circulation and pushed the bulk of clouds and precipitation to the northwest of the center. The storm extended from the Korean Peninsula into the Sea of Japan. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing…

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#The wilds of one Lake Ontario bay reveal how coastal habitats suffer from changing climate, human choices

“#The wilds of one Lake Ontario bay reveal how coastal habitats suffer from changing climate, human choices” by Patrick M. O’connell </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/lakeontario.jpg” data-sub-html=”Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/lakeontario.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”lake ontario” height=”480″ src=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800/2020/lakeontario.jpg” title=”Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain” width=”800″></img><figcaption> Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain </figcaption></figure></div> Lake Ontario is more swamp than mighty Great Lake at…

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