Tag: pollution
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60 Australian Companies Agree to Radically Reduce Plastic Waste
Recently, over sixty major supermarket chains and multinational brands signed a pact to reduce plastic waste by 2025 radically. Companies in Australia, New Zealand, and other places in Oceania signed the agreement. Major brands participating in the pact include Coca-Cola, Woolworths, and Nestle, as well as several government agencies. The ANZPAC Plastics Pact aims to…
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Researchers Reveal the Shocking Impact of Pesticides In Our Water
A new study by scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) proves how the impact of pesticides are damaging waterways. While pesticides do protect crops from invasive species of insects, fungi, and weeds, they may do more harm than good. They inevitably runoff into nearby streams, damaging aquatic communities, which are essential to…
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France Explains How Electric Bikes Can Solve a Smog Problem
To reduce smog, the French government will give $3000 (€2,500) to citizens who trade in their old cars for electric bikes. The credit toward the e-bikes would help eliminate gas-guzzling, polluting vehicles, and traffic congestion on roadways. Lawmakers in the National Assembly approved the measure in a preliminary vote in April of 2021. According to…
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Ozone Damage Increase Due to Pollution, According to Science
New research found that increasing pollution over the past two decades resulted in higher ozone levels. While this may seem obvious, no previous study about ozone used data collected directly by commercial aircraft. In the study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers gathered measurements from aircraft on international flights. They discovered increasing ozone levels…
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NASA Study Reveals Sea Levels Could Rise 15 Inches by 2100
A study found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current pace, sea levels could rise 15 inches by 2100. More than 60 ocean, ice, and atmosphere scientists worldwide from 36 international institutions contributed to the research. Their new estimates revealed that Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets alone could cause this surge in sea…
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Research Suggests a Link Between Polluted Air and Cognitive Diseases
All around the world, cases of cognitive diseases are on the rise. It’s an epidemic that scientists are feverishly researching in an attempt to find causes and solutions. This is especially true since most cognitive diseases are irreversible. A recent breakthrough in research suggests that markers of certain cognitive diseases were present in young people’s…