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Three River Communities, Worlds Apart, Tell Stories of Indigeneity in the Age of the Anthropocene

Circle of Blue

Vincent’s larger cities–the more technologically developed southern communities of Georgetown, Kingston, and Biabou–are quite different from those on the opposite side of the dry meander. It travels north along the Mahakam River, and two days later arrives in the central highlands of Borneo’s ancient rainforests.

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Earth system tipping events now seem inevitable – what does this mean for climate governance?

Legal Planet

For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. This means redoubling efforts to cut emissions, and reliably constrain temperature rises, not gambling on speculative technological interventions to cool the planet. Such shifts are non-linear, and practically irreversible.

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What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?

Union of Concerned Scientists

While today’s carbon fiber and fiberglass require lots of energ y to produce and are hard to recycle , incorporating more bio-materials into their composites and developing new recycling technologies can reduce their footprint. Also, fortunately, the fibers and epoxies needed to make these strong synthetic materials are widely available.

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Greenland Dispatch #1: the Courage to Face Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Greenland Ice Sheet, like the Amazon rainforest, is fast approaching a juncture of degradation that the Himalayan and Tien Shan glaciers have already breached. But science also tells us that we have most of the technologies and solutions that we need. The biggest barriers to progress are political and psychological.

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Stanford’s Sustainability School: A Good Model?

Legal Planet

Ecology and conservation biology are an example: climate change will have a huge impact on ecology, but shifts in ecology (especially tropical rainforests) also impact climate change. Human societies and technologies, ecological systems, and atmospheric and oceanic systems are tightly interconnected. Sending a Message.

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Technology Keeps Conservation Going Amid the Pandemic

HumanNature

While the pandemic has impacted my own research and those of my colleagues, the conservation community has been able to adapt quickly with new technologies to keep long-term monitoring and conservation activities alive. Take Sri Lanka’s Department of Forest Conservation. The department is responsible for monitoring 3.5

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Amazon Deforestation is Down. Here’s Why.

Legal Planet

The World Resources Institute reported that the world lost more primary rainforest in 2022 than in 2021. Have technological capabilities to observe forest activity also increased? Q: What do you make of the reduction in deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon and what else should we know? Gray: Yes, for sure.