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Transatlantic collaboration aims to boost resilience of sea walls

Envirotec Magazine

Waves crashing against a sea wall (image credit: Ray-Bilcliff, available on Pexels) A seemingly pioneering research project that aims to strengthen the resilience of sea walls to increased coastal flooding has been launched by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. These same principles of human healthcare, and these same scientific and technological advances, are starting to be applied to soil — our most important asset for securing our food supply. Soil at the center . Poornima Param….

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The Best Option for Airlines to Shrink Their Carbon Footprint

GreenTechMedia

The International Civil Aviation Organization anticipates that in 2020, global international aviation emissions will be 70 percent greater than in 2005. Soil itself can hold immense amounts of carbon and is capable of absorbing — through sequestration — more carbon than either oceans or forests.

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Are property owners prepared for the impacts of climate change on flooding in the UK?

Envirotec Magazine

As such, scientists are predicting the UK will receive around 10 percent more rainfall per year by 2100, compared to 1986-2005. We must have effective resilience measures in place to withstand the impacts of such events. Infrastructure resilience. We are already seeing the impacts of climate change on rainfall in the UK.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

AGreenLiving

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet Poornima Param… Thu, 08/27/2020 – 01:00 Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. Undoubtedly, soil is foundational to human life, yet we know very little about the soil itself.

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. It is looking at the elephant in the room, and going after it piece by piece.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

Between 2005 and 2019, greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Diversification, whether it’s on a single farm or across a local economy, can make towns more resilient, the report says. Silvopasture could make for healthier soil — and keep cattle alive during sweltering summers. It’s been called an early model of climate resilience.