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UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:04 — mike kraft

UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy BEIJING (AP) — A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced Tuesday, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies. AP NEWS

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UN report on rising temperatures warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’

Tue, 2022-04-05 09:59 — mike kraft

UN warns Earth 'firmly on track toward an unlivable world' BERLIN (AP) — Temperatures on Earth will shoot past a key danger point unless greenhouse gas emissions fall faster than countries have committed, the world’s top body of climate scientists said Monday, warning of the consequences of inaction but also noting hopeful signs of progress. AP NEWS

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The most likely places to catch COVID? New study highlights high risk locations

Thu, 2022-01-20 11:54 — mike kraft

Where are you most likely to catch COVID? New study highlights high risk locations Is it the movie theater? The gym? Researchers calculated the odds of infection for any place you might go. YahooNews

What are the odds of catching COVID-19 after a night at the movie theater? How about an afternoon at the gym, unmasked? Or an early morning jog in a neighborhood park?

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Climate change temperatures have destabilized the Earth’s poles, creating dangers for the rest of the planet

Tue, 2021-12-14 20:59 — mike kraft

Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril New research shows how rising temperatures have irreversibly altered both the Arctic and Antarctic. Ripple effects will be felt around the globe. Sarah Kaplan Washington Post

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At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change-- new study

Tue, 2021-10-12 12:22 — mike kraft

At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change, new study shows Researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 100,000 studies of weather events and found that four-fifths of the world’s land area has suffered impacts linked to global warming. Washington Post

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The Covid Crisis Is Now a Garbage Disposal Crisis, Too

Tue, 2021-09-28 18:40 — mike kraft

Across Brazil, recycling plants stopped running for months. In Uganda, a junkyard is short on reusable plastics. And in Indonesia’s capital, disposable gloves and face shields are piling up at a river mouth.

Surging consumption of plastics and packaging during the pandemic has produced mountains of waste. But because fears of Covid-19 have led to work stoppages at recycling facilities, some reusable material has been junked or burned instead.

At the same time, high volumes of personal protective equipment have been misclassified as hazardous, solid waste experts say. That material often isn’t allowed into the normal trash, so a lot of it is dumped in burn pits or as litter.

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