Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Among these, brown algae (Phaeophyceae) play a crucial role in sustaining coastal habitats, supporting marine biodiversity, and combating climate change through carbon capture. While they have long captured interest of the scientific world, the genomic and evolutionary history of these organisms have remained largely unexplored.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

The way these practices are pushing up against planetary boundaries and undermining human, animal and ecological health inevitably threatens a business’s bottom line. At the same time, the positive externalities — carbon sequestration, pollination services, health and wellbeing and vibrant cultural traditions — also go unappreciated.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year — everything from metals, minerals and fossil fuels to organic materials from plants and animals. Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity. 5 opportunities of a circular economy. David McGinty. Boost economies.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 15, 2020

In 2020, this partnership will bring holistic planned livestock grazing and regenerative land management practices to nearly 2,400 solar farm acres in Southwest Georgia to create carbon sinks, restore biodiversity and soil health and add to the environmental, social and economic benefits… The post Silicon Ranch partners with organic livestock (..)

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

With biodiversity monitoring set to increase through the introduction of policies and schemes, it’s vital to assist ecologists with access to scalable remote technologies, says the group behind it. Being able to monitor biodiversity using remote sensing and AI will help landowners across the UK who want to monitor biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As more corporate sustainability teams cultivate projects to restore biodiversity and degraded landscapes or to nurture soil carbon sequestration and other nature-based climate solutions, interest in drone technologies that can weed out the best opportunities is flourishing. Let me drone on a moment about drones for agriculture or forestry.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Leading companies, including tech firms Microsoft and Akamai, are expanding their focus into new realms — ones that explore the intersection of sustainability and human health, or that allow employees to take action to reduce their own impact at home and in the communities where they live. Corporate Strategy. Employee Engagement.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

Currently, five golf organizations have joined: the United States Golf Association (USGA); Waste Management Phoenix Open; The International Golf Federation; World Minigolf Federation; and Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. Nonprofit organizations such as the National Links Trust , recent bid winners to take over operations of Washington, D.C.’s

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

Climate change, nature degradation, biodiversity decline, water scarcity — all these issues are interconnected, and we must address them all simultaneously," he said. "In It also outlined its intention to work with other businesses and organizations to standardize emissions data collection, sharing, and communication.

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GreenBiz

JULY 10, 2020

But even as these shifts expose inequities in the health and food systems, many experts hope that the current moment offers an opportunity to build a new, more sustainable food system. Biodiversity, Food and Nutrition: A New Agenda for Sustainable Food Systems " by Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli and Eliot Gee. by Ashanté M.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The research looked to explore this and identified biodiversity loss, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events as the most crucial topics to tackle in terms of overall impact, urgency, and geographical reach. These criteria include biodiversity impact, pollution impact, carbon impact, readiness level, costs, trade-offs and scalability.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Humanity’s destruction of biodiversity fosters the conditions for emerging diseases such as COVID-19. If this year has shown us anything, it’s that the health of our planet and the health of humans are inextricably linked. . READ THE FULL STORY: 6 electric aviation companies to watch & 7 urban air mobility companies to watch.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). CDP’s recent " Zeroing In on Deforestation Report " urged consumer products and food companies to devote more energy to this issue.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. . “I Danielle Purifoy.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 19, 2020

The program collects information about soil health, biodiversity and ecosystem function, which is related to water cycle, mineral cycle, energy flow and community dynamics. Through the working group, Timberland was able to revolutionize the sustainability of the tanning of its leather by going down to that stage in the supply chain.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

That's despite this being the second pandemic in 10 years, the fourth respiratory illness in 18 years, and numerous warnings from the World Health Organization, he added at the February virtual event. Let's stop predicting the future because we've proven we're incapable of doing it," Irwin said. The power of metaphor.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 12, 2025

How Fermentation Technology Works Microorganisms like bacteria or yeasts convert organic substrates (e.g., Produces ingredients such as amino acids, polysaccharides, bioactive peptides, and lipids used in skincare and health applications. Promotes biodiversity conservation by avoiding environmentally harmful processes.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Compiled by a multidisciplinary group of experts – including engineers, ecologists, medics, and air quality analysts – the document provides a detailed rundown on topics such as what happens to tyres when we drive, what kind of particles are produced, where they end up, and the implications for health and the environment.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Soil Association reveals that lockdown sparked a sales surge for organic certified products. New data shows that sales of organic food in supermarkets have seen the biggest jump since December 2016, with year-on-year growth hitting more than six per cent.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

The biomethane industry, policy makers and regulators need to work closely together to fully realise these benefits, prioritising organic waste and residue feedstocks, incentivizing sustainable agricultural production and valorising biomethane co-products (digestate and biogenic CO2).” Not all of these benefits can be easily quantified.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

To be sure, few of these individuals and organizations are advocating for a sharp turn to socialism, communism or any other alternative-ism. And that it may be time for a rethink. Indeed, many claim to be diehard capitalists.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. . Today, by leveraging advancements in technology and new medical discoveries, we are able to treat and prevent diseases and enhance our quality of life, health and wellness. Poornima Param….

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

trillion in nature is required over the next three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the WEF’s “State of Finance for Nature” report released on 27 May. Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. The collapse of soil biodiversity is happening at microscopic scale. Soil plays a major part in the carbon capture cycle. Trees capture carbon monoxide, then transmit the carbon through to microbes in the soil, where it is held.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Rivers are crucial parts of the global water cycle, contain important biodiversity, and are essential for human health. This is concerning as cyanobacteria are well known for producing toxic chemicals that can kill many aquatic organisms.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

The organization's new leader, Sanda Ojiambo, begins June 17. The half of the global population without access to essential health services. And amidst the current health and socio-economic crises brought on by COVID-19, additional polling found that the pandemic had exacerbated the sense of social injustice. Lise Kingo.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Industry Voice: A recent study by Boston Consulting Group underscores the huge economic value created through biodiversity — and how pressures on natural ecosystems poses risks to business growth. The value of biodiversity to business. Biodiversity is at the heart of all human life and activity.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 1, 2022

You could organize a group walk with coworkers who live close by, a great opportunity to connect outside of work. World Health Day – April 7th. The World Health Organization estimates that over 13 million deaths are due to avoidable environmental causes which includes the climate crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B , presents a mixed picture of ocean health. Warming coupled with food-web dynamics will be like putting marine biodiversity in a blender.”. Previous studies of shifting habitat ranges focused on the direct impacts of climate change on individual species.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Furthermore, all ships will need to have installed a compliant ballast water treatment system (BWTS) meeting the so-called D2 standard for the maximum amount of viable organisms that can be discharged by September 2024 under the BWM Convention. “We

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Grist

AUGUST 20, 2024

And they’re putting on an unorthodox show for the handful of humans who know where, and how, to tune in — a complex symphony of vibrations and pulses that relay the state of the very soils these organisms are moving within. All told, the ground beneath our feet houses the most biodiverse habitat on the planet. We need to do something.”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

The Global Commission on Adaptation is working with leading organizations and countries, including the governments of Canada, Mexico and Peru, the Global Environment Facility and the U.N. They provide food, fuel and livelihoods; sustain cultural traditions; and offer health and recreation benefits.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Louis, Missouri, the focus of the WWF study, two-thirds of electricity comes from fossil fuel plants that pump out health-damaging particulates and planet-warming carbon dioxide. They use less space, which can free up land for biodiversity. Indoor farms use LEDs to light crops. Lettuce grown in St.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Take the Planetary Boundaries framework, one of the most recognized global indicators of humanitys transgression of critical ecological thresholds, such as climate stability and biodiversity. There was no easy way for residents, governments, or organizations to see the cumulative danger or to proactively mitigate it.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2020

For example, PETA considers docking tails of sheep to be inhumane, yet it is long-standing practice that arguably improves the health of animals. Biodiversity. As chief conservation officer of TNC at the time, I can say that I was not very happy with these practices, but I thought some of the allegations were overblown. Conservation.

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Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health - government leadership is needed to change course, argues Pukka Herbs' co-founder Sebastian Pole. It's no secret that our current food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health. Reward sustainable farming.

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